Attached is a map of where I live showing 3 ways to enter my child’s primary school. The yellow route is (some of) my walking route from my house, along a side road, across the main road and then into the closest gate. Since October the gate on this route has been closed for both pick up and drop off (has been closed for pick up for 2+ years) Initially because of acorns on the path, then ice, now poly tunnels being put up for outdoor play (no idea what the poly tunnels have to do with the gate) They’ve also said they want everyone to come through the main entrance (blue) so they can see who is coming onto the school site. Orange cross is where a teacher stands at a classroom door, Red Cross is where the caretaker stands, both of which can see the gate. I absolutely hate walking my children along the blue route. The village is on the route from a small town to a bigger town, the main road very busy at that time in the morning and I feel children are being put at unnecessary risk by being made to walk this extra length. The main entrance is also the vehicle entrance for staff/deliveries/builders, and there are often vehicles arriving at drop off. I have been complaining quite consistently since it was closed hence all the excuses but today the head told me it was now permanently closed for the poly tunnels, she is really flappy and doesn’t handle confrontation well at all, before I could ask any questions she said that one of the governors is happy to discuss it with me. They have already discussed the issue at a previous governors meeting and concluded to keep it shut (this was around December time, because of ice). He’s going to phone me next week apparently but I just want to know where I can go from here really, they are being absolutely ridiculous about it. The chances of a child being snatched on school property swarming with parents and teachers is pretty much nil yet it seems to be their main focus and road safety doesn’t come into it. The caretaker cannot be bothered to walk down and open and close the gate is what I actually believe is the issue, nor could he be bothered to sweep the acorns off the path or grit it. He’s also on the governors board so I feel it was easy to get it to go his way as no one on the governors board would actually give a toss either way. Where can I go with this if there’s no progress from my phone call with the governor that’s offered to speak to me on the phone?