School Streets
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School Streets create safer environments around schools for children and the community. A ‘School Street’ is an area transformed into a pedestrian and cycling zone outside of a school. They operate from Monday to Friday during the school term only at set times for drop-off (morning) and pick-up (afternoon). Roads remain open to people walking, scooting and cycling and those who are exempt from the closure.
School Streets are either operated manually by volunteers who place a physical gate or barrier across the road at the closure times alongside designated closure points, or by an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera system. Sometimes other mitigations such as one-way streets are also used to support the scheme.
A Transport for London study found that School Streets reduced nitrogen dioxide at drop off time by up to 23%, and 18% of parents reported driving to school less when their child attended a school where there was a School Street.
More information including the locations of current School Streets can be found in the Document Library to the right of this page.
We are currently working hard to deliver more School Streets in Enfield. Find out more about our upcoming School Streets in the FAQs.
We continue to reach out to schools so that we can continue to expand the initiative and make it safer for young people, parents and school staff to travel to school actively by walking, cycling, scooting, or otherwise! Enfield Council is committed to extending the reach of School Streets as far as possible as part of our Journeys and Places programme. In order for schools to be considered for a School Street in the future, we require them to complete an Expression of Interest form. The form can be found below.
School Streets create safer environments around schools for children and the community. A ‘School Street’ is an area transformed into a pedestrian and cycling zone outside of a school. They operate from Monday to Friday during the school term only at set times for drop-off (morning) and pick-up (afternoon). Roads remain open to people walking, scooting and cycling and those who are exempt from the closure.
School Streets are either operated manually by volunteers who place a physical gate or barrier across the road at the closure times alongside designated closure points, or by an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera system. Sometimes other mitigations such as one-way streets are also used to support the scheme.
A Transport for London study found that School Streets reduced nitrogen dioxide at drop off time by up to 23%, and 18% of parents reported driving to school less when their child attended a school where there was a School Street.
More information including the locations of current School Streets can be found in the Document Library to the right of this page.
We are currently working hard to deliver more School Streets in Enfield. Find out more about our upcoming School Streets in the FAQs.
We continue to reach out to schools so that we can continue to expand the initiative and make it safer for young people, parents and school staff to travel to school actively by walking, cycling, scooting, or otherwise! Enfield Council is committed to extending the reach of School Streets as far as possible as part of our Journeys and Places programme. In order for schools to be considered for a School Street in the future, we require them to complete an Expression of Interest form. The form can be found below.
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Research published including data from some of our School Streets
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To measure the air quality benefits of the new School Streets, 30 cutting-edge sensors from the Breathe London network were installed at 18 primary schools across Brent, Enfield and Lambeth to record nitrogen dioxide levels. The air quality monitoring project, funded by FIA Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies, was launched in September 2020 to give the most accurate indication yet of how the School Streets scheme is working.
Closing the roads around schools to traffic at pick-up and drop-off times has reduced polluting nitrogen dioxide levels by up to 23 per cent and is strongly supported by parents, new research published by the Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals.
TfL has also today published new survey results which suggest that interventions outside schools to make walking and cycling safer are popular with parents and carers and have contributed to a drop in car use. Parents and carers from 35 schools took part in the study and the results showed:
- 81 per cent of those surveyed at schools where measures had been implemented believed a School Street is suitable for their school
- 73 per cent of parents and carers at these schools agree with School Street measures remaining in place while social distancing is still required, with 77 per cent supporting the changes being kept in the long term subject to consultation
- Two thirds (66 per cent) of parents and carers at schools without School Street measures support their implementation while social distancing is still required and a majority of these parents (59 per cent) also support such measures in the long term subject to community engagement and consultation
- Since the pandemic, parents and carers reported walking to school more, and driving less, at both School Street schools and those without School Streets
- At schools with School Streets, parents and carers reported driving to school less as a result of both the coronavirus pandemic and the School Street. The School Street had a greater impact (-18 per cent) on reducing car travel to school compared to the impact of coronavirus (-12 per cent).
To read more detail and for links to the reports, visit the Mayor of London's website here
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Key Dates
Documents
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Map of Current School Streets
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FY23.24 SS Project Rationale (712 KB) (pdf)
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FY23.24 SS Communication Engagement and Consultation Plan (181 KB) (pptx)
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Memorandum of Understanding (260 KB) (pdf)
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Report Public Consultation for FY23.24 3xSchool Streets
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ECPG2324_014 - School Streets FY2324 (235 KB) (pdf)
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ECPG2324_014 - Annex A - EqIA For Chesterfield and Prince of Wales Schools (904 KB) (pdf)
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ECPG2324_014 - Annex A - EqIA For Latymer Primary School (932 KB) (pdf)
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ECPG2324_014 - Annex B - Plan of Proposal For Prince of Wales Primary School (795 KB) (pdf)
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ECPG2324_014 - Annex B - Plan of Proposal For Latymer Primary School (937 KB) (pdf)
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ECPG2324_014 - Annex B - Plan of Proposal For Chesterfield Primary School (1.06 MB) (pdf)
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ECPG2324_014 - Annex C - Objections and Concerns (101 KB) (pdf)
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Report Public Consultation for FY22.23 10xSchool Streets
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Traffic Order Information
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Apr 24 - Bowes Primary School - Traffic Order (606 KB) (pdf)
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Mar 24 - Traffic Order (x3 New School Streets) (98.3 KB) (pdf)
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July 22 - George Spicer Extension Proposal - Draft Traffic Order
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May 22 Traffic Order - Changes to some operating hours (435 KB) (pdf)
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May 22 - Traffic Order (x6 School Streets) (1.48 MB) (pdf)
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Oct / Nov 2021 Traffic Order - School Streets Made Permanent (157 KB) (pdf)
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Aug 20 - Experimental Traffic Orders (1.3 MB) (pdf)
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TfL School Streets Reports
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Bowes Primary School
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Chase Side Primary School
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Chesterfield Primary School
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De Bohun Primary School
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Delta Primary School
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Delta Primary School Street Plan (260 KB) (pdf)
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Delta Primary School Consultation Letter (815 KB) (pdf)
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Delta Primary School Draft Traffic Order (394 KB) (pdf)
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PL2223_025 Delta School Street Report (772 KB) (pdf)
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PL2223-025 Delta Implementation Annex A Eqia (2.24 MB) (pdf)
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PL2223-025 Delta School Street App A. Landownership Diagram (445 KB) (pdf)
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PL22230-025 Delta Primary School Implementation App. B Plan of the Proposal (459 KB) (pdf)
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PL2230-025 Delta Primary School Implementation App.C Objections & Concerns (292 KB) (pdf)
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George Spicer Primary School
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George Spicer Plan (1.18 MB) (pptx)
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George Spicer Primary School Letter (208 KB) (pdf)
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George Spicer Letter - May 2021 (396 KB) (pdf)
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George Spicer ANPR Go Live Letter - June 2022 (515 KB) (pdf)
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George Spicer Extension Public Consultation Letter - July 2022 (976 KB) (pdf)
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George Spicer Extension Construction Letter - October 2022 (392 KB) (pdf)
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PL 22.043 O School Streets, George Spicer Extension (201 KB) (pdf)
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PL22.043 Appendix 1 (367 KB) (pdf)
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PL 22.043 Appendix 2 (140 KB) (pdf)
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PL 22.043 Appendix 3 (92 KB) (pdf)
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PL 22.043 Appendix 4 (99.5 KB) (pdf)
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Hazelbury Primary School
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Hazelwood Primary School
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Houndsfield Primary School
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Keys Meadow Primary School
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Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy
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Latymer All Saints Primary School
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Lavender Primary School
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Meridian Angel Primary School
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Prince of Wales Primary School
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Raynham Primary School
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St. Paul's CofE Primary School
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St James' Church of England Primary School
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School
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Wilbury Primary School
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Worcesters Primary School
FAQs
- What is a School Street?
- Where are the School Streets in Enfield & when do they operate?
- What School Streets are being delivered soon?
- How are the closures enforced?
- Who is exempt from the closures, and will I get a fine if I enter the School Street?
- Are parents allowed to park in the street before the closure time and then leave during the restrictions?
- How are the schemes governed or managed?
- How will visitors know about the School Street?
- How will we measure success?
- Are the supporting letters and documents available in other languages?
- Who do I contact about an exemption?
Videos
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Click here to play video Ten new School Streets schemes to be introduced Enfield will be introducing ten new school street schemes
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Click here to play video School Streets introduced by Enfield Council to improve air quality and road safety for children Enfield Council has completed a trial of 12 School Streets at primary schools and has now made them permanent to improve road safety for children.
Who's Listening
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Enfield Council