Many local schools are travel superSTARS!

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Tuesday, 4 May 2021 07:00

Over 50 schools in the local area have been awarded for their work in getting pupils to school using foot power during the 2019/2020 academic year.

They all have accreditation under the Modeshift STARS scheme, (Sustainable Travel Accreditation and Recognition for Schools), which encourages children to walk, pedal and scoot to school.

The scheme awards different levels of accreditation, and these are where the schools in Bucks are:

Schools at Bronze level (30):

The Amersham School; Bedgrove Infant, Aylesbury; Bedgrove Junior. Aylesbury; Broughton Junior, Aylesbury; Chartridge Combined; Cheddington Combined; Chiltern Hills Secondary Academy, Chesham; Dropmore Infant, Burnham; George Grenville Primary Academy, Buckingham; Green Ridge Primary Academy, Aylesbury; Holmer Green Senior; Ibstone CE Primary; Maids Moreton CE Primary; Marsh Gibbon CE Primary; Royal Latin Grammar, Buckingham; Sir Henry Floyd Grammar, Aylesbury; St Mary's C of E, Aylesbury; St Michael's Catholic, High Wycombe; St Michael's Catholic, Aylesbury; Stokenchurch Primary; The Vale Federation of Special Schools, Aylesbury; Thomas Hickman Primary, Aylesbury; Turnfurlong Infant, Aylesbury; Widmer End Combined; Winslow C of E; The Stoke Poges School; Dr Challoners High, Little Chalfont; Maltman's Green, Gerrards Cross; The Buckingham School; Bierton CE Combined;

Schools at silver level (7):

Dorney Primary; Holmer Green Junior; Pipers Corner, Great Kingshill; Waddesdon Village Primary; Whitchurch Combined; Steeple Claydon Primary; Farnham Common Village.

Schools at gold level (15):

St Louis Catholic Primary, Aylesbury; St Mary's and All Saints Primary, Beaconsfield; Iver Village Junior; Wendover CE Junior; Ashmead Combined, Aylesbury; Haddenham St Mary's CE Infant; High March, Beaconsfield; Hughenden Primary; Stoke Mandeville Combined; Thorpe House, Gerrards Cross; Roundwood Primary, Tingewck/Gawcott; Long Crendon Primary. Lent Rise, Burnham; St Joseph's Catholic Infant, Aylesbury; Elangeni School, Amersham.

To gain accreditation, each school develops a programme that:

Encourages pupils to be more active through cycling and walking,
Identifies traffic and transport issues for the school,
Reduces the number of cars outside the school to improve air quality and help lower the impact of school traffic on other road users.

Nationally over the past 8 years, schools with a STARS accreditation managed a 27% reduction in car use.

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