Falkirk Council provide a School Crossing Patrol facility to make sure children attending primary school cross roads safety, going to and returning home from school. 

Advice for Parents and Carers

Even where a School Crossing Patrol is provided, it is important to remember that parents remain responsible for their child's safety. Falkirk Council, are not responsible for the safety of children for their whole journey to and from school where a School Crossing Patrol is provided. The responsibility for ensuring the safety of children travelling to and from school is a parental one.

Parents can help the School Crossing Patrol (SCP) by:

• Teaching your child to wait on the pavement, to listen carefully and follow instructions from the SCP
• Teaching your child to cross in front of the SCP
• Making sure that your child behaves and does not distract the SCP
• Teaching your child to dismount from their bicycle or scooter before crossing the road
• Setting a good example yourself at the SCP point

Where it is not possible to walk to school we would appeal to parents who need to transport their children to school by car to use the Sports Centre car park from where children can walk to school safely using the underpass. If this is not possible we ask parents to carers to use the designated Drop Off points located in the school car park.

To limit the number of adults in the school grounds we have had to close the school car park to all parents and carers locking it at the start and end of the school day.   There will be no access to the drop off point.  Only people in possession of a blue badge will be permitted access.

* It is an offence to stop on the zig zag lines, yet some parents do this. We insist you keep this area as clear as possible for the safety of the children.