Dear Parents / Carers,

We really are struggling with our car park at the moment as too many cars are accessing the site at key busy times of the day. We are concerned about the Health and Safety of our children and families.  While we do have a few disabled spaces, these must only be used when there is a real need.

For children in Year 4, 5 and 6 we will only be allowing car access to the site for children if it is the child who has a mobility disability. We would encourage children in these year groups whose parents have a disability to be able to walk into school from the gate. School staff can also be on hand to support as there are always adults on duty around the site each morning.

For children in the years 3 and below, we do recognise that parents will want to deliver children to the classroom doors. However, we do request that only parents or children with a mobility disability access the school site via car due to the lack of space available.

We want to ensure that the few spaces we have are reserved for those with the greatest need.

Thank you for your support in this important aspect of our site safety and management.

Miss Cook

Dear Parents/Carers,

We completely understand that the location of our school is not ideal when considering access and parking for parents when dropping off and picking up. We are located in the middle of an ever-growing residential area and are already hard pushed to fit all staff cars on site.

Unfortunately, we receive regular complaints from residents about parking and access issues. Recently, a resident from Charlecote Park, called to say that they were regularly returning home from work and unable to park within their designated spot due to school parent cars parking in their spaces.  Another resident, this time from Maxfield Crescent has also had issues with gaining access to their property due to cars blocking their drive. They reported to us that they have also had damage to their fence due to our parents parking so close and banging the fence when taking their children out of the car.  I believe that residents understand that there is a school near by and therefore there will be two key points in the day where it is likely to be busy. What they do not understand is the sometimes high levels of aggression and lack of respect they are receiving from some of our parents when they ask them to move so they can park on their own spaces/drives.

There are a lot of elderly residents living in the vicinity mentioned and we know that on one occasion the minibus that was trying to drop off residents, simply could not get near the houses. Of course, this is an issue when looking at emergency service access too.

As mentioned before, we do know that location of the school is not ideal, and we know the solution is not easy. We are keen to remain friends with our neighbours and want to support them as much as we can. We have advised that they call the police if they are continually verbally abused or find continuous illegal parking.

Please can you help us by respecting our neighbours and thinking about where you park. It maybe that parking further away, car sharing or allowing children to cycle could go some way to helping with the solution.

Thank you for your support in this ongoing tricky issue.

Miss Cook

It’s coming up to that time of the year again when parents and carers will be invited into school to attend Christmas events. In line with our safeguarding policy, please can we politely remind parents to avoid taking pictures and videos of other children and uploading them onto social media.

Thank you

Newdale Team