I live in a road with a school

There is no human more selfish than a parent at school drop off
Most who park badly are just fucking lazy, they'll all claim work and time and use excuse after excuse to drive and park as close as possible but in primary I'd say almost all live within a 5-10 min walk anyway and could easily walk if they made the effort - or at the very least park slightly further away and safely

one things I've noticed more lately is grandparents picking up and parking terribly engines running for 20 min pumping out fumes, parked on pavements, parked on junctions etc so it's not even work commitments and time in their case it's just not wanting to walk an inch 🤦‍♀️

people need to get a grip

and I think parking police need to be out in force around schools issuing tickets but they won't

I live opposite a SEN school & have for most of my life. There is quite a bit of traffic at times but generally it is well Organised and no awful parking. The adjacent road that my child’s school is on, is a thing of nightmares 😱 I’m lucky I can walk. People regularly park in, across or totally in the way of residential driveways. The road is narrow so cars mount the pavement to get through. Kids who are running ahead of parents run out into the road & so many near misses. Even the few roads around the school
are treacherous!

Id be tempted to take a photo and send it to Just Stop Oil 😊

when my kids were in primary the head was constantly sending out emails about dangerous parking, didn’t even stop when I kid got run over!

I had an agreement with a lady who lived opposite, I could park in front her drive, but she had my number, if I was there before her she’d text me to say she was on her way and when she pulled up I’d move out the way then park back in front of her drive once she was on. Worked really well for us! She approached me and I really appreciated the gesture. Worked well for her as she knew she could get in if she needed!

I’d make note of any reg plate parked on your drive or illegally, causing dangerous conditions, and email the school!

The majority are just lazy though, or choose a school out of catchment.

@BigMandyHarris actually a lot of people don't cope without a car.
There was another thread recently about a child who has been allocated a secondary for Year 7 that isn't even in the town they live in.
There's no public or school transport available.
The OP of that thread was basically saying "what on earth am I meant to do to get my child to school".

All these parents driving to school.

What if you didn’t have a car?
People without cars manage

OP’s child is at secondary

I can well believe it would say that, but it's a 45 minute walk from my house into town and there's not a chance I'd do it in 12 minutes. It would be more like 20+

I did this years ago. When I used to work in an office, I'd forgotten something and came back home to someone parked on my drive. I parked behind them and called a taxi to work. Police did sod all. I moved it when I came home later. Never happened again.

The schools are usually hot on this and send out messages etc. One head near us patrols with a hi-viz jacket! Definitely contact them first..

I had one yesterday park part across the drive, I went out and in a cheerful voice let him know, as he apologies - its fine what I will do if you park there again, I shall pop a photo on Facebook local of you and the car. No aggression, no tone, just a case of this is what I will do. Most people don't want that as they'll look like a twat publicly

This

I bet that pleased the people who actually live there

I am regularly almost run over by parents like this. We walk past a school where there is free parking 30 seconds from the school but the parents refuse to use it and will park as close as they can to the school entrance. They all have massive cars they can't see out of out and block the pavement, so we have to walk in the road.

There were some road works recently right by the school entrance and the parents actually moved the signs and kept parking, so the council had to park two vehicles across the road to stop all traffic.

True that, considering red routes and one way systems are all over the high streets effectively shutting down businesses.

This. I'd sit in my garden drinking a bottle of wine too, ideally on a sun lounger.

These fucking people should be banned from driving to schools, if you need to go to work, pay someone to take them to/pick up from school. Nice job creation for a service thats missing there too.

Yes I'd leave it down though wait for them to park and then pop it back up and pretend to be out when they come back to the car then claim i cant find the key for it see what happens then.

Just checked on Google Maps and it says that a 44 minute walk into town should take 12 minutes by bike. That's without electric assistance.

It amazes me how people are "too busy" to have time to walk the kids to school (claim to be rushing off to work afterwards or whatever), yet also have enough free time to turn up an hour early to bag a prime space.

I took live by a school and the mentality of some parents is ridiculous. I personally haven't had anyone park on my drive or across it, but I know others closer to the school have had people park on their drive and when confronted just say they are only going to be a few minutes, not the point, not your land.

I would contact the school and ask them to send an email to all parents reminding them to respect the schools neighbours and their properties.

As far as someone parking on your drive is concerned, unfortunately there isn't alot you can do about it, unless you install lockable bollards, police won't do anything as on private property and is a civil matter, and if you then block them in, it is technically you in the wrong and they also can't do anything if someone blocks you from getting on your drive, the police can only get involved if someone blocks you on your drive, call 101 and they will call the registered owner and tell them to move it, failing that they will get it towed.

As for parking on a junction, you can also report this to 101 as an obstruction to the highway and their procedure may be the same, if it's always the same person maybe one call from the police will make them realise it's dangerous.

You are not being unreasonable at all. My youngest daughter attends a First school with two schools on one road so you can imagine how bad it is! Very similar to your situation and the school regularly have to send reminders about considerate parking and the police regularly attend. The audacity of some people is outrageous

Unfortunately I don't think we can get a school street here... there's a small Co op opposite.
Not that people can get there anyway, as parents park up for 45 minutes before the bell goes (there's only 10 parking spaces).