A road safety policy for your school or nursery
Below is a template road safety policy that schools and nurseries can use and adapt according to your needs. It provides a bedrock on which you can build a range of road safety initiatives to help pupils and others in your community to be safe. Use our guide to teaching road safety to develop your initiatives.
OUR SCHOOL/NURSERY ROAD SAFETY POLICY
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The safety of our children will always come first. Our most important priority is to prevent the death or injury of a child while in our care.
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If out and about with pupils on foot, we will always prioritise walking safely, in line with the latest safety advice.
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If transporting pupils by vehicle, we will always prioritise doing so safely, in line with the latest safety advice.
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We will teach road safety within the classroom, integrating into project work in a range of curriculum lessons as well as teaching separately in safety and citizenship lessons, and reviewing the amount and quality annually.
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(For establishments with available safe road environments.) We will teach practical pedestrian and cycle training at the roadside in line with best practice advice.
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We will get involved in useful awareness-raising initiatives that promote road safety in our wider community, such as Road Safety Week, Beep Beep! Day for pre-schoolers and Brake's Giant Walk for primary pupils.
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We will aim to improve the safety and environmental standards of transport to and from our premises by having a School Travel Plan that aims to reduce use of cars and improve the safety of children on foot or bikes and that we implement and update annually.