Research shows that 1200 children a month are involved in collisions within 500m of the school gates. ‘School run’ child casualties, defined as accidents occurring between 7.30 and 8.58am and 3.00 and 4.59pm, accounted for roughly one third of all child casualties in the year. Of the 6645 school run casualties, 804 were deaths or serious injuries. It’s been fantastic to see during our staggered starts that the children are waiting and looking for oncoming traffic so sensibly. The paths leading to/from our school are narrow with many grass verges and two sharp corners. Please help us to keep our children safe by parking responsibly (keeping our neighbours driveways clear) and driving slowly and carefully to and from school. Lots of the grass verges form part of our neighbours property and are becoming spoiled by tyre marks. Thank you for your support and thank you to everyone who drives carefully past school and who parks considerately around Claypole village – we know the vast majority of you do. The safety and well-being of the children is paramount. If you have any traffic or parking concerns, can we please ask you to contact PCSO Barbara Mooney: https://www.lincs.police.uk/contact/police-stations/police-stations/long-bennington-police-office/