Good points and bad points
- School cycle sheds [good point]
- Heathside now has two purpose built cycle sheds. One for use by the students in the main school and a new one for use by the sixth form students.
Each cycle shed is covered and lockable to increase s...
- Staff getting to work [good point]
- The “bikes for work” scheme has been very popular at Heathside. We now have 14 staff who cycle to school on a regular basis, several of whom have taken advantage of this scheme. Coupled with those wh...
- Road Safety work in year 7 English lessons [good point]
- All year 7 students read “Vicky Angel” written by Jacqueline Wilson as part of their work in literacy. Some of their comments are included below;-
Isabel – “There are lots of things which can distr...
- Personal and Social Education and visiting players [good point]
- Year 7 students also have several lessons in the Personal and Social Education programme linked to a visit by the theatre group “Cragrats”, which are devoted to the issues of safe travel to school....
- Road Safety in the Sixth Form [good point]
- All year 12 and 13 students attend the “Safe drive stay alive” stage show. In addition the year 13 students attend “Arrive Alive”, a driving awareness course, focusing how to pass your test and how to...
- Lift sharing [good point]
- We were very pleased to report in the last update of our travel plan that the number of students being driven to school where car sharing did not take place had reduced by 10%, thus reaching our targe...
- Brooklands Lane and March Road [good point]
- The school continues to encourage parents to observe a voluntary one way system in the mornings and afternoons. Parents are regularly requested not to drive down the lane to the school and if possible...
- After School Events [good point]
- We have a good relationship with Brooklands College who allow us to operate a one way system through their grounds when we have large events in school. They also allow us to use the college car parks ...
- The start and end of the school day [bad point]
Congestion in Brooklands Lane, March Road and Mayfield Road in the mornings and afternoon, when parents drop students off for school, and when the school holds large functions in the evening, continue...- Lack of cycle lanes [bad point]
Lack of cycle lanes and the busy roads which provide access to the school can discourage cyclists....- Infrequent bus service [bad point]
The infrequent bus service means that students cannot rely on it and leads parents to bring them to school by car instead....- Added parking area [good point]
- Following planning permission the Friends of Heathside made available the funding for the provision of extra parking on the school field. This area is now in use and has relieved the congestion in Bro...
- Senior Staff on duty [good point]
- Senior Staff are now regularly on duty at the beginning and end of the school day. They monitor students as they leave school and exit across the green at the end of Brooklands Lane....
- Cycle permit scheme [good point]
- All students who cycle to school are now required to have a permit. Students have attended assemblies, given by representatives of the police, regarding cycle safety.
The permits may be withdrawn if...
- Yellow Lines in the lane [good point]
- The School’s Chair of Governors has approached Surrey County Council to arrange for double yellow lines to be painted at key positions in the lane. We hope that this will reduce congestion in the lane...
