28.3.22

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 in the middle of an ever-growing residential area and are already hard pushed to fit all staff cars on site.

We receive regular complaints from residents about parking and access issues. Recently, a resident from Laurel Lane, Overdale called to relay an unpleasant confrontation involving one of our parents. The resident was returning home from work and unable to park outside her house due to a significant number of cars blocking the way. I believe that residents understand 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 levels of aggression 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, we 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,

Miss  Cook

Headteacher

Newdale Primary School and Nursery