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

Other options suggested to improve school travel for staff include:A better bus serviceA minibus service for staffBetter cycle routesA car share schemeChanging facilitiesStorage facilities, so less to carryCheaper housing in MarlboroughThe new single-site school will eliminate the problems associated withcommuting between two sites, when it opens in October 2009. The school willinclude specific subject teaching areas, and staff will have their ownclassroom base, which will include storage facilities.Anticipated Staff travel when the single site school is operationalCurrenttravelLikelytravel tosingle sitePreferredtravel tosingle siteDifferencefromcurrentCar 93% 71% 32% -61%Car Share 3% 6% 24% +21%School bus/1% 2% 9% +8%other busCycle 0% 1% 11% +11%Walk 3% 8% 13% +10%Other 1% 1% 3% +2%Results demonstrate the positive effect the single site school will have ontravel. The survey shows that the single site alone will reduce the proportionof staff driving to school from 93% to 71%. If some or all of the improvementslisted above are successfully implemented, to allow more staff to use theirpreferred method of travel, the proportion of staff driving to school alone coulddrop to just 32%, with 24% preferring to car share and 24% to walk or cycle.With the current two schoolsites, using a car to commute isseen as essential by themajority of staff.Left: A typical member of staffuses their car as their office,and the only means to transportheavy loads between sites.25