Angie visits St Gregory's

On a recent visit to St Gregory's School Angie discussed the issue of the school's expansion with its Headmaster, Terry Cooper. After leading a tour of the school Mr Cooper outlined plans to upgrade its existing facilities and to expand the size of the school, using currently unused land on the site.

After her visit Angie said, "I was delighted to be able to visit St Gregory's and to see how well everyone is doing there. The issue of expansion at St Gregory's has become an increasingly important issue and I have received a lot of correspondence from local residents who are concerned about the potential impact that it would have on the area around the school, particularly with the added traffic pressure. Mr Cooper has assured me that the school and its board of governors are well aware of these concerns. Obviously, key to solving the problems is finding appropriate traffic calming measures that can ease the pressures of the school run. I have raised this issue with Council leader Julian Bell and Head of the Council Transport Department Nick O'Donnell. The other important initiative is to get more pupils walking to school, especially as so many live well within reasonable walking distance. The school tells me that they award badges to those pupils who walk to school at least one day a week, but that they can't be sure how many of them have walked all the way from home. My suggestion is to introduce pedometers, which would encourage the children to compete on the number of steps taken, and maybe there could be a prize for the pupil who steps out most over a week!"

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