Dance 'O' Clock - St John's School and Community College

The comments given by students to explain these findings highlight someinteresting results.Students that do not walk or cycle currently give their main reasons as:Lack of cycle pathsDangerous roadsLack of wet weather storage facilities in schoolLack of cycle racksWalking past other students who are smokingBuses were seen as an unpopular method of travel by a significant proportionof students. Their reasons included:Unreliability of busesLengthy routes through numerous villagesOvercrowded busesBullying on busesNo travel passes available for sixth form students3.2 Parent SurveyMeans of travel to schoolParents were asked how their children travel to school. The questionnaire wassent to all parents and responses were received from 529 parents of which248 answered the question relating to how their children currently travel toschool.A summary is tabled below.Mode of Parent Response Student Response DifferencetravelBus 60% 58% 2%Walk 30% 23% 7%Car 8% 17% -9%Cycle 1% 3% -2%Results were broadly comparable with the student survey, although parentswere more likely to claim their children walk to school (30% v 23% ofstudents), and fewer parents claimed their children are driven to school (8% v17%).21