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This consultation ran between 23 April and 29 June 2025 and has now closed. We are analysing the responses received and will publish a consultation outcome report of our findings soon.


Making the school run safer at Batley Grammar School

The roads outside schools can become very busy at drop off and pick up times, leading to congestion and creating safety risks for children, parents, and residents living close by. 

Kirklees Council, in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, want to hear your views, safety concerns, and suggestions to make walking, cycling and wheeling safer, and any other opportunities for safety improvements around the school streets. 

Your feedback will be used to develop and agree a School Travel Action Plan. These plans will suggest measures to tackle the specific road safety challenges faced by the school and build on any work or initiatives that may already be taking place.

Have your say from Wednesday 23 April until Sunday 29 June 2025

What sort of improvements could be made?

We know Batley Grammar School is already proactive in encouraging more walking, cycling and wheeling, and we want to build on what’s been achieved.

We’re keen to hear your ideas and concerns to help develop measures that will best create a School Travel Action Plan. Measures could include interventions such as:

  • Restricting access outside the school gates

  • Changing the speed limit

  • Repairing or upgrading walking, cycling and wheeling routes

  • Restricting through traffic on some streets, except for residents, at school drop-off and pick up times

  • New pedestrian crossings

  • Installing traffic-calming features

  • More activities within school, for example, cycle training, or working with organisations such as Living Streets to encourage more walking, cycling and wheeling

School Travel Action Plans will provide the evidence base for priority allocation of the limited funding available at this time, to up to three selected schools or centres identified as having the greatest need, and for allocation of potential future rounds of funding to further schools or centres depending on agreed priorities.

Why are we doing this?

  • To make streets safer for children and residents

  • Address barriers to walking, cycling and wheeling

  • Improve air quality outside of schools

  • To help tackle the climate emergency by encouraging walking, cycling and wheeling as alternatives to the car

To achieve this, we want to hear about your current travel habits – as someone who travels to school or as local resident using these roads. We need to better understand habits and barriers to active travel and any safety concerns on these routes. We need your ideas and suggestion for potential measures that would make walking, cycling or wheeling along these routes easier and safer for you.


Who will benefit?

Young people and children are disproportionately affected by road traffic accidents and air pollution. This scheme aims to limit car use and speeds around schools, and positively impact children through reducing accidents and exposure to air pollution. 

Local communities will benefit from reduced congestion and improved air quality, with safer and more fit-for-purpose walking, cycling and wheeling routes and fewer on-street collisions. 



Have your say

You can let us know what you think in the following ways:

  • Print a copy of the questionnaire and return it to us free of charge using the FREEPOST address below

  • Drop a pin in the map below to highlight an area of concern or suggested improvement

  • Ask us a question using the Question & Answer tool on this page – read frequently asked questions here

Your feedback will help to shape potential future improvements to make the streets surrounding the school safer for everyone.


Contact us and accessibility

If you would like to contact us or request information in an alternative format you can:

  • Phone MetroLine on 0113 245 7676

  • Write to FREEPOST WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY


Next steps

This engagement will close on Sunday 29 June 2025 at 11.59pm. If you’d like to know the outcome of this engagement, please register to Your Voice.

We will consider all feedback and the results will be used to shape and inform a School Travel Action Plan. There may be further opportunities to comment depending on any measures proposed as a result.


City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement

The Kirklees Speed Limit Review scheme has been awarded £900,000 of funding from the £830 million City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), which is aimed at providing an integrated and inclusive transport network and was made possible thanks to the West Yorkshire Mayoral devolution deal. This work will build on the significant investment already being made in making it easier for people to walk, cycle and use public transport around West Yorkshire.

This consultation ran between 23 April and 29 June 2025 and has now closed. We are analysing the responses received and will publish a consultation outcome report of our findings soon.


Making the school run safer at Batley Grammar School

The roads outside schools can become very busy at drop off and pick up times, leading to congestion and creating safety risks for children, parents, and residents living close by. 

Kirklees Council, in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, want to hear your views, safety concerns, and suggestions to make walking, cycling and wheeling safer, and any other opportunities for safety improvements around the school streets. 

Your feedback will be used to develop and agree a School Travel Action Plan. These plans will suggest measures to tackle the specific road safety challenges faced by the school and build on any work or initiatives that may already be taking place.

Have your say from Wednesday 23 April until Sunday 29 June 2025

What sort of improvements could be made?

We know Batley Grammar School is already proactive in encouraging more walking, cycling and wheeling, and we want to build on what’s been achieved.

We’re keen to hear your ideas and concerns to help develop measures that will best create a School Travel Action Plan. Measures could include interventions such as:

  • Restricting access outside the school gates

  • Changing the speed limit

  • Repairing or upgrading walking, cycling and wheeling routes

  • Restricting through traffic on some streets, except for residents, at school drop-off and pick up times

  • New pedestrian crossings

  • Installing traffic-calming features

  • More activities within school, for example, cycle training, or working with organisations such as Living Streets to encourage more walking, cycling and wheeling

School Travel Action Plans will provide the evidence base for priority allocation of the limited funding available at this time, to up to three selected schools or centres identified as having the greatest need, and for allocation of potential future rounds of funding to further schools or centres depending on agreed priorities.

Why are we doing this?

  • To make streets safer for children and residents

  • Address barriers to walking, cycling and wheeling

  • Improve air quality outside of schools

  • To help tackle the climate emergency by encouraging walking, cycling and wheeling as alternatives to the car

To achieve this, we want to hear about your current travel habits – as someone who travels to school or as local resident using these roads. We need to better understand habits and barriers to active travel and any safety concerns on these routes. We need your ideas and suggestion for potential measures that would make walking, cycling or wheeling along these routes easier and safer for you.


Who will benefit?

Young people and children are disproportionately affected by road traffic accidents and air pollution. This scheme aims to limit car use and speeds around schools, and positively impact children through reducing accidents and exposure to air pollution. 

Local communities will benefit from reduced congestion and improved air quality, with safer and more fit-for-purpose walking, cycling and wheeling routes and fewer on-street collisions. 



Have your say

You can let us know what you think in the following ways:

  • Print a copy of the questionnaire and return it to us free of charge using the FREEPOST address below

  • Drop a pin in the map below to highlight an area of concern or suggested improvement

  • Ask us a question using the Question & Answer tool on this page – read frequently asked questions here

Your feedback will help to shape potential future improvements to make the streets surrounding the school safer for everyone.


Contact us and accessibility

If you would like to contact us or request information in an alternative format you can:

  • Phone MetroLine on 0113 245 7676

  • Write to FREEPOST WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY


Next steps

This engagement will close on Sunday 29 June 2025 at 11.59pm. If you’d like to know the outcome of this engagement, please register to Your Voice.

We will consider all feedback and the results will be used to shape and inform a School Travel Action Plan. There may be further opportunities to comment depending on any measures proposed as a result.


City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement

The Kirklees Speed Limit Review scheme has been awarded £900,000 of funding from the £830 million City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), which is aimed at providing an integrated and inclusive transport network and was made possible thanks to the West Yorkshire Mayoral devolution deal. This work will build on the significant investment already being made in making it easier for people to walk, cycle and use public transport around West Yorkshire.

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  • Share People are blocking roads on the surrounding area. Will your plans make it worse and people more aggressive ? Can you not ask parents not to pick kids up and pick up from a car park? Maybe implement bus system like they used to, dropping children off to their areas around Batley. It’s an issue that starts from 1.30 as parents come hours ahead and park on the road. Maybe change policy and only take in children walking distance to school. on Facebook Share People are blocking roads on the surrounding area. Will your plans make it worse and people more aggressive ? Can you not ask parents not to pick kids up and pick up from a car park? Maybe implement bus system like they used to, dropping children off to their areas around Batley. It’s an issue that starts from 1.30 as parents come hours ahead and park on the road. Maybe change policy and only take in children walking distance to school. on Twitter Share People are blocking roads on the surrounding area. Will your plans make it worse and people more aggressive ? Can you not ask parents not to pick kids up and pick up from a car park? Maybe implement bus system like they used to, dropping children off to their areas around Batley. It’s an issue that starts from 1.30 as parents come hours ahead and park on the road. Maybe change policy and only take in children walking distance to school. on Linkedin Email People are blocking roads on the surrounding area. Will your plans make it worse and people more aggressive ? Can you not ask parents not to pick kids up and pick up from a car park? Maybe implement bus system like they used to, dropping children off to their areas around Batley. It’s an issue that starts from 1.30 as parents come hours ahead and park on the road. Maybe change policy and only take in children walking distance to school. link

    People are blocking roads on the surrounding area. Will your plans make it worse and people more aggressive ? Can you not ask parents not to pick kids up and pick up from a car park? Maybe implement bus system like they used to, dropping children off to their areas around Batley. It’s an issue that starts from 1.30 as parents come hours ahead and park on the road. Maybe change policy and only take in children walking distance to school.

    Bathall asked 30 days ago

    Hello, 

    Thank you for getting in touch and sharing your thoughts.  At the moment, no specific plans have been drawn up. We are first engaging with schools, pupils, staff, parents and residents to identify the concerns and potential solutions across all of the schools involved in the scheme. This feedback will then be used to develop School Travel Action Plans which will recommend measures to tackle the specific challenges faced by each school. 

     As this engagement will inform any measures to be taken, we cannot yet accurately state the affect of any future implementations.

    Please be assured that your concerns regarding potential aggression and parking,  and your suggestions for improvements have been taken into account and will be considered during the analysis and reporting of this scheme. 

    Many Thanks, 

    Abi

    Consultation and Engagement Team

  • Share How will this affect the traffic and parking on Transvaal Terrace. At the moment parents park infront of the drives etc and it’s very hard to get onto the street and get out at school times. on Facebook Share How will this affect the traffic and parking on Transvaal Terrace. At the moment parents park infront of the drives etc and it’s very hard to get onto the street and get out at school times. on Twitter Share How will this affect the traffic and parking on Transvaal Terrace. At the moment parents park infront of the drives etc and it’s very hard to get onto the street and get out at school times. on Linkedin Email How will this affect the traffic and parking on Transvaal Terrace. At the moment parents park infront of the drives etc and it’s very hard to get onto the street and get out at school times. link

    How will this affect the traffic and parking on Transvaal Terrace. At the moment parents park infront of the drives etc and it’s very hard to get onto the street and get out at school times.

    Mohammed Sidat asked 2 months ago

    Hello, 

    Thank you for getting in touch. At the moment we are engaging with schools, pupils, staff, parents and residents to identify the concerns and potential solutions across all of the schools involved in the scheme. This feedback will then be used to develop School Travel Action Plans. These plans will recommend measures to tackle the specific road safety challenges faced by each school or centre and build on any work that may already be taking place. 

     As this engagement will inform which measures are taken, we cannot yet accurately stat the affect of any future measures taken.

    Please be assured that your concerns regarding obstructed driveways have been captured and will be added to the other information gathered from surveys and drop in events for analysis. 

    Many Thanks, 

    Abi 

  • Share Why is it ok for parents of Batley Grammar School children parking on Hollybank Avenue to: 1. Speed up and down our avenue twice a day. 2. Often block drives with inconsiderate parking. 3. Pollute our avenue with cars left idling. 4. Throw rubbish out of their cars and become aggressive when asked to pick it up. 5. Become aggressive when asked politely to move their cars on Facebook Share Why is it ok for parents of Batley Grammar School children parking on Hollybank Avenue to: 1. Speed up and down our avenue twice a day. 2. Often block drives with inconsiderate parking. 3. Pollute our avenue with cars left idling. 4. Throw rubbish out of their cars and become aggressive when asked to pick it up. 5. Become aggressive when asked politely to move their cars on Twitter Share Why is it ok for parents of Batley Grammar School children parking on Hollybank Avenue to: 1. Speed up and down our avenue twice a day. 2. Often block drives with inconsiderate parking. 3. Pollute our avenue with cars left idling. 4. Throw rubbish out of their cars and become aggressive when asked to pick it up. 5. Become aggressive when asked politely to move their cars on Linkedin Email Why is it ok for parents of Batley Grammar School children parking on Hollybank Avenue to: 1. Speed up and down our avenue twice a day. 2. Often block drives with inconsiderate parking. 3. Pollute our avenue with cars left idling. 4. Throw rubbish out of their cars and become aggressive when asked to pick it up. 5. Become aggressive when asked politely to move their cars link

    Why is it ok for parents of Batley Grammar School children parking on Hollybank Avenue to: 1. Speed up and down our avenue twice a day. 2. Often block drives with inconsiderate parking. 3. Pollute our avenue with cars left idling. 4. Throw rubbish out of their cars and become aggressive when asked to pick it up. 5. Become aggressive when asked politely to move their cars

    SaltsLn asked 2 months ago

    Thank you for your correspondence regarding the conduct of some individuals associated with Batley Grammar School during school drop-off and collection times on Hollybank Avenue. We fully acknowledge the concerns you have raised and appreciate your taking the time to bring these matters to our attention.

     

    WYCA and Kirklees Council, who we are working with on this project would agree with you that this type of behaviour shown by some drivers isn’t acceptable. 

     

    As part of the consultation event and engagement events we are running for Batley Grammar School we (WYCA and Kirklees Council) will speak with and to them about the concerns raised and ask for their support in contacting with those who come to pick up pupils from the school regarding their impact on surrounding residents. The Council will also look to engage the school in Modeshift Stars, a sustainable travel programme that aims to address a range of issues and concerns, through a multi-faceted approach that encourages safe and active travel, including:

    • Ongoing communication with parents and carers, reinforcing expectations around respectful and lawful conduct during school runs.
    • Promotion of sustainable travel initiatives, such as walking, cycling, and park-and-stride schemes, to reduce congestion and environmental impact.
    • Targeted monitoring and enforcement, in collaboration with local police and parking enforcement officers.
    • Educational programmes within the school, aimed at fostering a culture of respect, responsibility, and community awareness among pupils and their families.
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    WYCA and Kirklees Council are committed to maintaining a positive and respectful relationship between the school and its neighbouring residents. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us identify areas for improvement and implement effective solutions.

    Should you witness specific incidents, we encourage you to report them directly to the police, as this enables them to take appropriate and timely action.

    Thank you for your continued patience and cooperation as we work to resolve these matters

Page last updated: 30 Jun 2025, 09:15 AM