A School Street is when all or part of a street is closed to motor vehicles at school drop-off and pick-up times, Monday to Friday during the school term. Families can walk, wheel, cycle or scoot to school instead.
School Streets help to:
- reduce traffic around schools at peak times
- reduce road traffic collisions
- improve air quality
- encourage sustainable travel
- encourage exercise
How School Streets work
The schools close the street each day using collapsible bollards or cones, between:
- 8am to 9:30am
- 3pm to 4pm
School staff will always allow access for emergency vehicles and Blue Badge holders.
Residents who live on a School Street should try to avoid coming and going during the closure but can contact the school for access in an emergency.
Improving School Streets
Our proposals for the first group of School Streets have progressed to statutory consultation.
These proposals were designed following an engagement process last year to improve our School Streets programme, which ran from April 2025 to May 2025.
These included:
- the existing School Streets
- 21 new School Streets
The statutory consultation relates to the 11 existing School Streets as well as 14 of the proposed sites.
Existing and proposed School Streets for 2025
| Status | School |
|---|---|
| Existing | Charlton Manor Primary |
| Existing | De Lucy School |
| Existing | Deansfield Primary School |
| Existing | Gordon School |
| Existing | Haimo School |
| Existing | Invicta Primary (Blackheath) |
| Existing | Invicta Primary (Deptford) |
| Existing | Montbelle Primary School |
| Existing | St Joseph's School |
| Existing | St Thomas Moore Catholic Primary School |
| Existing | Wyborne Primary School |
| New | Bannockburn Primary School- Church Manorway |
| New | Bannockburn Primary School - Plumstead High Street |
| New | Christ Church Church of England Primary School |
| New | Eglinton Primary School |
| New | Henwick Primary School |
| New | Heronsgate Primary School |
| New | Kidbrooke Park Primary School |
| New | Mulgrave Primary School |
| New | Notre Dame Catholic Primary School |
| New | Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School |
| New | St Mary Magdalene Church of England, Woolwich |
| New | Sherington Primary School |
| New | St Margaret's Church of England Primary School |
| New | Windrush Primary School |
Future School Streets
We want to create more School Streets and work with local schools to consider potential new sites.
A suitable road for a School Street:
- has a low to medium volume of traffic
- has no bus routes
- does not disproportionately restrict access for residents
It’s also important that school staff and parents support having a School Street. They should be willing to reduce their car use in favour of more active and sustainable travel.
Schools should contact us by email at schoolstreets@royalgreenwich.gov.uk