Travelling to School
We are situated to the West of the Sage building and we are nestled between Brunton Wetlands and the Havannah Nature Reserve. As a school, we enjoy and make the most of the benefits of being so close to protected areas of interest and beauty.
However, being between these areas and being part of a developing house building area bring restrictions with parking.
We therefore encourage everyone, when possible, to travel sustainably (walk, cycle, scoot, run, use public transport etc) to school. This makes the area around our school safer and more pleasant for everyone.
To help with sustainable travel, we:
- Have large sheltered bike and scooter storage facilities on site
- Have a puncture repair kit on site
- Have a staff shower and change facility
- Provide cycling lessons as part of our curriculum
- Provide road safety talks for children
- Teach children about the benefits of sustainable travel
- Provide incentives and take part in projects with NCC, Bikeability, Sustrans, Bike 4 Health and Newcastle PE and Sport Service
- Work with NGP and NCC towards safer and suitable routes
- Regularly remind the school community about the benefits and how everyone can help
Parking
We have a car park for staff and visitor use, but this is not large enough for all parents and carers to use at pick up and drop off times. The access to Great Park Academy is through our car park and this means that the route through school can be very busy. School has worked with NCC to assess the risk to site users at the busiest times of the day. As a result and due to the health and safety of all site users for both schools and Plantpots Nursery, there are restrictions in place at drop off and pick up time. Parents and carers are advised to use the park and ride facility linked to the site by a new, wide tarmac pavement which is a 5 minute walk. People with disabilities are able to make arrangements with school so that they can access the site during the times when restrictions are in place. We actively encourage and expect all of our school community to drive with care for other site users and respect for those living in the area around school.
Public Transport
There are public transport links to our school. You can view these via the NGP website: