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School next door playing loud music twice a day that echoes throughout the neighbourhood

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hhy678 · 02/02/2022 14:35

I am having a nightmare with the school that I live above as every weekday, twice a day they play very loud pumping music that echoes out throughout the neighbourhood so the kids can dance at their breaktimes. I work from home and also am studying part time (I have been having to do exams from home during the many lockdowns) and the noise is so loud that I cannot concentrate, make work phone calls or do anything productive during those periods.

The school is refusing to show any consideration, saying that they are a "red" school and therefore need to find a way to help their children keep active - what ever happened to just running around and playing? I am not sure what rule allows a school to show no consideration for its neighbours but yet would crack down on me and my neighbours (plus local businesses, I imagine) if we were to subject the neighbourhood to similar loud noise.

Does anyone have any advice on this, it is proving to be an absolute nightmare and I am surprised that a school is allowed to do this?

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Finfintytint · 02/02/2022 14:38

Maybe speak to the council about the noise levels.

ComDummings · 02/02/2022 14:39

If it’s during the day I don’t think there’s anything you can do.

BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation · 02/02/2022 14:39

Contact the local council and perhaps the school governors.

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WorriedGiraffe · 02/02/2022 14:41

If it’s so loud it’s through the whole neighbourhood then I think the council can monitor the noise level and ask them to turn it down. If its just that you live so close that you can hear it I don’t think there’s much you can do, noise is just part of living next to a school. Id ask the council their advice about monitoring.

LemonViolet · 02/02/2022 14:44

What’s a “red school”?

Googling brings up a driving school, a graphic novel and some kind of female spirituality group focused around menstruation, and I don’t think any of those fit the context here.

Roystonv · 02/02/2022 14:46

Read up on what their purpose is and how they are meant to achieve it first; might give you some rules they are meant to work to to prevent such disturbances

RancidOldHag · 02/02/2022 14:47

Schools are noisy

But blaring out amplified music is not on - it's not an inherent part of being a school or noise emanating from children at break time. There are other ways of keeping DC active without causing noise pollution

Get on to the council noise complaints. And encourage all those afflicted to do the same

LemonViolet · 02/02/2022 14:47

Btw I live next to a primary school, and yes playtimes are annoying with general children playing/running around noise and they have this big outdoor xylophone things they clang. But it’s only short periods during the day and lovely and quiet during the evenings and all the holidays etc so I accept it.

Whilst you’re fighting it with the council, OP, if it’s two set periods every weekday, can you just plan your breaks/mealtimes/go for a walk then so it’s not disturbing meetings or study.

alexdgr8 · 02/02/2022 14:50

contact local council environmental health dept.

Girliefriendlikespuppies · 02/02/2022 14:58

I'd be tempted to go to the local press tbh.

I'd also be making daily phone calls and sending in regular emails complaining.

It's not on, schools have a duty to be considerate to their neighbours and community.

There's other ways they can encourage the kids to get fit.

JuneOsborne · 02/02/2022 14:59

Are you in the UK?

IncompleteSenten · 02/02/2022 15:00

Tell them you'll start playing that song wap on repeat at full blast during lessons.

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Sh05 · 02/02/2022 15:01

Do you live in the same building?
What does living above mean?
Are you in the UK?
I can't imagine how rowdy the kids must be in lesson if they're dancing to blaring music twice a day!

Gazelda · 02/02/2022 15:04

I think noise from a school is something that's reasonable and expected.
But not to blaring music - do thru have outdoor space they can run around in?
How come you live above them? Is it an urban school with with minimal space?

MrsTerryPratchett · 02/02/2022 15:07

I'd be tempted to go to the local press tbh.

Really? For the sake of two shorts periods, which are set and predictable, during the day, to encourage children to move around? I'd feel like a right wanker doing that.

Dinoboymama · 02/02/2022 15:09

Our kids school play music at break, lunctime as well as pick up times.
Its so loud when your walking in you cannot hear your child talking to you. I couldn't imagine living close to them we are a mile away thankfully.
I would ask the councils education department to look into it. They can do stuff about excessive noise during the day.

CaptainMyCaptain · 02/02/2022 15:13

@JuneOsborne

Are you in the UK?

I don't think they can be. Surely nobody lives ABOVE a school in the UK. I've never heard of a school that wasn't a detached stand alone building.

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hhy678 · 02/02/2022 15:18

@LemonViolet

What’s a “red school”?

Googling brings up a driving school, a graphic novel and some kind of female spirituality group focused around menstruation, and I don’t think any of those fit the context here.

LemonViolet: I'd not heard of it before, but the school said this: "“red” school which means that our children are at risk of being unhealthy adults we also try and engage them in activities at lunch and play time"

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hhy678 · 02/02/2022 15:19

@LemonViolet

Whilst you’re fighting it with the council, OP, if it’s two set periods every weekday, can you just plan your breaks/mealtimes/go for a walk then so it’s not disturbing meetings or study.

My exams are at set times during the days, not something I can control. That is what I am most worried about

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hhy678 · 02/02/2022 15:20

@JuneOsborne

Are you in the UK?

I am, yes, in London

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Marmelace · 02/02/2022 15:21

It's a bit daft to move close to a school and expect peace and quiet.

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hhy678 · 02/02/2022 15:21

@Sh05

Do you live in the same building? What does living above mean? Are you in the UK? I can't imagine how rowdy the kids must be in lesson if they're dancing to blaring music twice a day!

No, my building is right next door to the school and it overlooks the playing grounds, where the music is being blasted out from. I wonder if the fact that it is echoing up means that it is louder up here than down on the fields, but it is really loud!

And yes, I am in the UK

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hhy678 · 02/02/2022 15:23

@Gazelda

I think noise from a school is something that's reasonable and expected. But not to blaring music - do thru have outdoor space they can run around in? How come you live above them? Is it an urban school with with minimal space?

They do have outdoor space, and that is where they blast the music from.

As I said to Sh05, I live right next door, my building backs onto the playing grounds, and the situation of my building and the school is such that the noise really echoes up into my building

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hhy678 · 02/02/2022 15:24

Dinoboymama: thanks, I will give that a try

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hhy678 · 02/02/2022 15:26

@Marmelace

It's a bit daft to move close to a school and expect peace and quiet.

I knew there would be playing in the playground, but loud blasting music is another story. When I was at school, the most noise was kids' voices, not blaring pumping music provided by the school

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