The School Streets Programme – Restricting traffic outside schools

Why are the School Streets important?

The aim of the scheme is 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 the School Streets scheme work?

• the street directly outside a school will have measures introduced to significantly reduce the volume of traffic when children are arriving in the morning and leaving 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. Exemptions will be kept to an absolute minimum to improve road safety for everyone in the vicinity of the school gates
• the school streets will be in operation in term time only. Term time dates.

Where are the School Street closures in place?

Some of the camera-enforced restrictions affect more than one road around the school. The camera-enforced restrictions are in place at 22 school locations:

• Adamsrill – Adamsrill Road
• Ashmead – Ashmead Road
• All Saints – Blackheath Vale
• Brindishe Green - Beacon Road, Ardmere Road
• Conisborough College - Access Road/ Thornsbeach Road
• Coopers Lane Primary – Pragnell Road
• Dalmain - Grove Close
• Eliot Bank - Thorpewood Avenue
• Forster Park - Boundfield Road
• Gordonbrock – Amyruth Road
• Haseltine - Bell Green Lane
• 'Haberdashers' Hatcham College / Hatcham Temple Grove - Pepys Road southbound from Vesta Road
• Holbeach – Doggett Road
• John Ball School - Baizdon Road
• Kilmorie - Kilmorie Road
• Myatt Garden – Upper Brockley Road leading into Rokeby Road & Upper Brockley Road from A20 Lewisham Way
• Prendergast Ladywell Fields – Ewhurst Road
• Rathfern – Rathfern Road
• Rushey Green – Culverley Road & Penerley Road
• St William of York, Brockley Park
• Marvels Lane, Riddons Road
• St Bartholomews, The Peak

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

Exempt persons

Exempt persons include:

• Residents of the street
• 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. 

More information

More information on the school streets program can be found on our website, where feedback on the schemes can also be provided.

Further information on restrictions, such as times and locations can be found below.