Implementation process and phases

Phase 1 and 2 School Streets

Phase 1 School Streets were first implemented under urgent traffic orders as a response to the need for urgent action to be taken around schools during the pandemic.

A project overview and timeline, shows each stage of the programme, including engagement with residents, the school and the wider school community (pupils, parents and carers).

Approval

The School Streets were approved at the Transport and Air Quality committee (Item 16). Since the committee approval in September 2019 and the impact COVID-19 had on schools needing to social distance pupils, parents, carers and staff, we received funding to implement more School Streets in Richmond before 15 October 2020.

All schools were contacted offering either a School Street or other measures where School Streets were not feasible.

Trials

Phase 1 and 2 School Street trials were publicly consulted on as part of an Experimental Traffic Order and consultation ran alongside the trial. The impacts of these schemes were reported to the September Transport and Air Quality committee (Item 22) before a decision was made whether to make them permanent.

Implementation

All the Phase 1 and 2 School Streets were approved to be made permanent apart from Hampton Hill Junior School SS9, which was removed following the trial.

A separate consultation for St Richard Reynolds Catholic College SS4 closed on 10 November 2021 and was reported separately at November Transport and Air Quality committee (Item 6), with a decision to make it permanent.

See the linked drawings below for further information on the Phase 1 and 2 proposals.

School	School Street Zone	Date of implementation
Orleans Primary School	SS16	21 September 2020
St Stephen's Primary School	SS2	21 September 2020
(GEMS) Twickenham Primary Academy	SS3	21 September 2020
St Richard Reynold Catholic College/Strathmore School	SS4	28 September 2020
Stanley Primary School (Scamps Nursery falls within restricted area)	SS5	28 September 2020
Hampton Infants and Nursery School (Greenacres Nursery falls within restricted area)	SS6	5 October 2020
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School	SS7	5 October 2020
The Richmond Upon Thames School	SS8	5 October 2020
Jack and Jill Nursery School	SS10	12 October 2020
St John the Baptist CE Junior School//Maldon Oaks School/Hampton Wick Infants and Nursery	SS11	12 October 2020
St Mary's CE Primary School (infant site)	SS13	12 October 2020
The Russell Primary	SS14	12 October 2020
Trafalgar Infant and Junior Schools	SS15	12 October 2020

Phase 3 School Streets

Phase 3 Schools Streets did not have the same time constraints as phases 1 and 2. The need for social distancing had also reduced significantly according to government guidance. For this reason, we held pre-trial public consultations ahead of Experimental Traffic Order trials.

We consulted on the following Phase 3 School Streets.

School	School Street Zone	Date of implementation
St Mary Magdalen’s Primary School	SS17	28 March 2022 (TAQ committee approved making permanent)
Nelson Primary School	SS18	Consultation complete and TAQ committee approved trial – suspended
Thomson House School	SS19	24 April 2023 (TAQ committee approved making permanent)

Phase 4 School Streets

We were approached by schools and councillors requesting consideration for the next phase of School Streets in Richmond.

The November 2023 Transport and Air Quality (TAQ) committee (Item 28), approved a paper to commence Richmond’s Phase 4 School Streets.

We introduced an additional level of engagement for some of the Phase 4 School Streets where a more collaborative approach was possible.

Stages for some of these Phase 4 schools included:

• Background - Discussions with schools, councillors and TAQ committee
• Early engagement  - Sessions with residents and the school community – to help develop a proposal
• Pre-trial consultation - Proposal based on the early engagement sessions and further engagement with residents and the school community
• Launch trail School Street – If supported, reopen consultation, undertake monitoring in the form of Travel to School Surveys, Automated Traffic Counts, Stage 1 to 3 Safety Audits to be reported to committee along with consultation feedback for a decision to make the School Street permanent, amend it or remove it

Three Phase 4 schools went to consultation and the results have been considered. A delegated decision has been approved to trial School Streets at three of the four locations.

School	School Street Zone	Date of implementation
Collis Primary School	SS21	Consultation closed and results under consideration
Sheen Mount Primary School	SS23	Trial launches Monday 3 March 2025
Heathfield Infants and Junior Schools	SS22 and SS24	Trial launched Monday 16 September 2024
St James’s Catholic Primary School	SS20	Trial launches Monday 3 March 2025

Phase 5 School Streets

We are currently assessing the remaining non-School Street schools and will soon be working with feasible schools to progress the next phase of School Streets.

How to comment

Visit the consultation page to make comments on open consultations. Consultations for the two School Street trials at Sheen Mount and St James’s Schools will begin on Monday 3 March 2025.

Residents in the local area receive notification leading up to the consultation dates for any future School Streets trials, which are implemented under an experimental traffic order.