Our School Streets programme

Why is the School Streets programme important?

The scheme aims to:

• tackle congestion
• improve air quality at the school gates
• make it easier and safer to walk and cycle to school
• create a friendlier and calmer environment for everyone

How does it work?

• the street directly outside a school will have measures introduced to significantly reduce the volume of traffic when children arrive in the morning and leave in the afternoon
• the street will become a pedestrian and cycle zone at these set times
• motorised vehicles will not be allowed to enter the street between these times unless they have been granted an exemption - these will be kept to an absolute minimum to improve road safety for everyone near the school gates
• the School Streets programme will be in operation in term time only.

Where are the School Street closures in place?

There are currently 47 School Streets in our borough, outside 41 local schools - with more planned in the new school year. 

Camera-enforced restrictions are in place at 33 school locations - some of the camera-enforced restrictions affect more than one road around the school.

These schools have School Streets:

• Adamsrill Primary School – Adamsrill Road
• Ashmead Primary School – Ashmead Road
• All Saints Church of England Primary School – Blackheath Vale
• Athelney Primary School  - Athelney Street
• Beecroft Garden Primary School - Beecroft Road, Dalrymple Road, Howson Road
• Brindishe Green Primary School - Beacon Road, Ardmere Road
• Brindishe Lee/Trinity Secondary School - Wantage Road, Taunton Road, Effingham Road and Hedgley Street
• Brindishe Manor Primary School - Leahurst Road
• Childeric Primary School - Clifton Rise
• Conisborough College - Access Road/ Thornsbeach Road
• Coopers Lane Primary School - Pragnell Road
• Dalmain Primary School - Grove Close
• Deptford Green Primary School - Angus Street
• Elfrida Primary School - Playgreen Way, Elfrida Crescent
• Eliot Bank Primary School  - Thorpewood Avenue
• Forster Park Primary School  - Boundfield Road
• Gordonbrock Primary School  - Amyruth Road, Gordonbrock Road
• Grinling Gibbons Primary School - Grinling Place, Beech Close, Larch Close, Walnut Close, Clyde Street
• Haseltine Primary School - Bell Green Lane, Haseltine Road
• 'Haberdashers' Aske Knights Academy - Roundtable Road, Ballamore Road
• 'Haberdashers' Hatcham College / Hatcham Temple Grove - Pepys Road, Pendrell Road
• Holbeach Primary School - Doggett Road
• Holy Cross Roman Catholic Primary School - Culverley Road
• John Ball Primary School - Baizdon Road, Hurren Close, Perks Close, Nesbitt Close
• Kelvin Grove Primary School - Kelvin Grove
• Kender Primary School - Faulkner Street
• Kilmorie Primary School - Kilmorie Road, Elsinore Road
• Knights Temple Grove - Roundtable Road, Ballmore Road and Shroffold Road
• Lucas Vale Primary School - St Nicholas Street
• Myatt Garden Primary School - Upper Brockley Road leading into Rokeby Road andUpper Brockley Road from A20 Lewisham Way
• Marvels Lane Primary School - Riddons Road
• Prendergast Ladywell Fields - Ewhurst Road
• Rangefield Primary School - Rangefield Road, Glenbow Road
• Rathfern Primary School  - Rathfern Road
• Rushey Green Primary School - Culverley Road and Penerley Road
• St Bartholomew's  Church of England Primary School - The Peak
• St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School - Beachborough Road
• St Saviour’s Roman Catholic Primary School - Bonfield Road
• St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School - Brockley Park
• St Winifred’s Primary School - Newstead Road, Birch Grove, Anne Crompton Mews, Stoneycroft Close and Wildwood Close
• Stillness Infants - Brockley Rise
• Stillness Juniors - Brockley Rise
• Tidemill Primary School - Tidemill Way 
• Torridon Primary School - Hazelbank Road, Torridon Road and and Bellingham Road
• Trinity Church of England Primary School - Leahurst Road and Pascoe Road
• Twin Oaks Primary School - Scawen Road

More details of the time restrictions at these locations can be found in the table further down this page.

Exempt persons

Exempt persons include:

• street residents
• blue badge holding teachers, pupils and parents, carers, and other staff at the school where the restriction is present
• carers of residents of the street

To find out more about how to apply for an exemption, evidence requirements, and how to get in touch with Customer Services, visit School Street Exemptions Questions and Answers. 

Learn more 

Find more information on the school streets programme and provide feedback on the scheme on Commonplace.