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More county kids walk to school
Posted on 24/11/09
Highways, Transportation & Waste Management
The number of children walking to school is on the rise according to surveys across the county.
At many schools, the increase in the number of children arriving at the school gate on foot is down to the success of the County Council’s ‘Star Walker’ scheme. The scheme rewards children with a star every time they walk to school, and they can they swap stars for rewards.
One Loughborough school has reduced the number of children arriving in cars by over 50% since the school first introduced ‘Star Walker’ in April last year.
Prior to the start of the Star Walker scheme at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, 71% of pupils arrived by car, this has been reduced to 16% - around 1 in 6 pupils.
A similar picture can be seen at other schools around the county. In Whetstone, at St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, only 7% of children arrive in a car since the introduction of the scheme back in September 2007.
At one of the county’s smallest primary schools, Hemington, close to Castle Donington, 72% of the school’s 39 pupils were driven to the school gate. After the school took part in Star Walker this has been reduced to only 27%.
Star Walker is designed so that even children who do not live in walking distance of the school can participate – parents park at a designated spot outside of the ‘Star Walker zone’ and walk for the rest of the journey.
Lesley Pendleton, County Council Cabinet Member for Highways and Transportation said, “The results of the Star Walker scheme are tremendous, and we are seeing an overall decreasing trend in the number of cars arriving at the school gate. This helps to reduce the problem of congestion and, hopefully, improves air quality in the vicinity of the school. Most importantly fewer car journeys improves the health and safety of our children.”
Following its success in the county, Leicester City Council are now considering introducing Star Walker into city schools.
Patrick Kitterick, City Council Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Culture said, “We hope that the Star Walker scheme will show similar degrees of success in Leicester as it has in the county. Our Road Safety team are leading a pilot scheme, currently taking place at Dovelands and Sandfield Primary Schools.”
To keep in touch with Leicestershire’s Road Safety and schools information, visit www.leics.gov.uk/school_travel_plans.
Notes to editors:
Table to show Top 20 Star Walker schools (in terms of % decrease in car use)
Start DateSchoolSchool Roll%age by car before%age by car after Difference02-Oct-06Blackfordby St Margarets C of E Primary School6780126809-Apr-08Loughborough Sacred Heart Primary School20471165508-Oct-08Whitwick Holy Cross Catholic Primary School19465135211-Sep-06Whitwick St John the Baptist C of E Primary School27772244819-May-08Rothley Church of England Primary School29861134809-Apr-08Newtown Linford Primary School7675284709-Jun-08Hemington Primary School3972274516-Apr-08Moira Infant School784644202-Mar-09Coalville St Clare's Catholic Primary School21078374103-Sep-07Asfordby Hill Primary School1094683812-May-08Thurmaston Eastfield Primary School19951143701-Nov-04Appleby Magna Sir John Moore C of E Primary School13670353520-Apr-09Quorn St Bartholomew's CE Primary School33553183525-Feb-08Market Harborough C of E Primary School36048153301-Sep-08Stoke Golding St Margaret's Primary School21744113328-Jan-08Loughborough Mountfields Lodge School51448173107-Jun-04Hinckley Westfield Infant School26254243003-Sep-07Whetstone St Peter's C of E Primary School2473672927-Apr-09Oadby Brookside School29570432711-Sep-06Coalville Broom Leys617431726Latest Loughborough News
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