What are School Streets?
School Streets aim to improve the safety and experience of a school's pupils, staff, parents, neighbours and visitors by restricting motorised traffic at the start and end of the school day. School Street schemes may cover part of a road, a whole road or even several roads near a school.
Motor vehicles are not permitted to enter the School Street during its hours of operation unless they have been granted an exemption within a traffic regulation order. Exemptions generally include, but are not limited to, vehicles belonging to residents, Blue Badge holders and the emergency services.
Schemes can support the delivery of a range of benefits at the individual, school, neighbourhood and broader local authority level, including:
- Removal of congestion and reduction in emissions outside schools
- Reduced instances of dangerous driving, parking and turning outside schools at times of day when many children and families are present
- Fewer road safety issues and improved perceptions of road safety
- Increased levels of walking, wheeling and cycling to school
- Enhanced opportunities for social interaction
- Improved physical and mental health amongst pupils
- Increased pupil independence
- Developing early active travel habits which can be carried into later life
Source: School Streets: how to set up and manage a scheme - GOV.UK (accessed March 2025)
Local School Streets
School Street times for our member schools are listed below. For a list of all Southwark School Streets see here
- Alleyn’s Junior School Hillboro’ Road 8:00-8:45 and 15:15-17:00
- Bessemer Grange 8:00-9:00 and 15:00-16:00
- JAGS Greendale 8:00-9:00 and 15:15-17:00
- Dulwich Wood Primary, Kingsdale, Dulwich Prep&Senior
- Bowen Drive, Seeley Drive and Lyall Avenue 8:00-9:30 and 14:30-16:00
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| Alleyn's Junior School Hillsboro' Rd School Street: 'before' and 'after' |
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| JAGS School Street on Greendale: 'before' and 'after' |
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| Bessemer Grange School Street: 'before' and 'after' |
Local Traffic Measures
This aims to give an overview of some of the measures that have been put in place to help reduce traffic at peak school run times. This is not an exhaustive list and this webpage is not a substitute for observing and obeying traffic signs! Things change and this website may not be updated promptly.
- Camera restrictions in place to filter traffic 8:00-9:00 and 15:00-16:30
- Dulwich Village north bound at the junction with Burbage Road
- Burbage Road north-west bound at the junction with Dulwich Village
- Burbage Road north-west bound at the junction with Turney Road
- Turney Road north-east bound at the junction with Burbage Road
- Townley Road north bound at the junction with Calton Avenue
