Unfortunately this afternoon, once again, we had an issue with inconsiderate parking drawn to our attention.
An upset, elderly resident of Woodside Avenue came into the school to report an incident. Four cars were parked right on the bend of the corner approaching Woodside from Moorfield Avenue direction. This meant she had to blindly use the wrong side of the road and she met an oncoming vehicle whose driver kept coming forward, as he was on the correct side. The lady had to reverse and was very aware that children were walking on and around the pavements as she did so. She was very concerned about the safety of the children, hoping they would not attempt to cross the road behind her.
Can we please take this opportunity to ask for drivers to be considerate to our local residents? This lady was genuinely worried about the safety of our children too.
Particularly with the brighter days now coming, could we suggest parking slightly further away and allowing our hard-working lollipop man and lady to help you safely across the road? We are aware that some of our older children now do this, which does ease a little bit of the congestion.
Many thanks for your assistance and co-operation in this important matter, and ask you to pass this on to any other adult who may be collecting your child.
Parking has and always will be an issue with the limited amount of spaces available. We just need people to be more considerate to the local residents.
On a side note….. I was very concerned last Friday that on leaving the nursery at 15:40, both walkway side gates to the car park had been locked. This meant that all children and parents were forced to walk on the road & around the gates to get to their cars. This just goes completely against what we are trying to teach our children regarding road safety.
Thank you for your feedback, Mr Warburton. We do indeed have very limited parking. Apologies for the issue last week. We had a supply janitor that day and perhaps the normal routine did not take place. Thank you for pointing this out and it is something we should be able ensure does not happen again.
Mrs Lawson
Not sure what the answer is to this problem as no matter how many times it is brought up people still park on that bend.
It is also an ongoing problem with people stopping on the mini roundabout to drop their kids off. Last week someone did this and stopped right in middle of roundabout meaning I had to stop directly behind them. Then the person behind me was so impatient they overtook both of us and drove over the mini roundabout.