School Streets: Broomfield House School

Overview

A School Street is where a road with a school temporarily closes to reduce vehicular traffic during the school's opening and closing times, to enhance the safety of school children.

There are many benefits of School Streets including keeping the area outside the school gates free of congestion, encouraging active travel to school, creating a pleasant and calm atmosphere at the start and end of the school day, reducing idling vehicles and potentially improving air quality, and, of course, improving road safety.

There are currently 19 existing School Streets across 26 schools and nurseries in the borough. The Council has made a promise to increase this number and is proposing to introduce a School Street trial at Broomfield House and is first seeking your views. Maps of the proposed changes can be seen here along with frequently asked questions relating to this specific proposal.

This proposal includes a timed road closure on Princes Road between Broomfield Road and Kew Gardens Road on Monday to Friday 8.15am to 9.00am and 3.00pm to 3.45pm term time only. The consultation gives an opportunity to comment on the proposed operational hours.

Further information about other School Street schemes and their drawings can be viewed on the School Street pages of our website. If you have a question about the School Streets scheme generally, you may find the answer in our School Streets FAQs.

Have your say

Following discussions with local ward Councillors and the Cabinet Member of the Transport and Air Quality Committee, the Council is keen to hear the views of local residents, the school community and businesses. 

The consultation for this School Street is due to commence on 16 June 2025 and feedback can be submitted via the 'Online survey' link below.

The consultation closes on 13 July 2025 and the Council will review and consider both the feedback received along with monitoring traffic count data of the area and a travel to school survey undertaken by the school before making a decision whether to trial a scheme.

If you require a paper copy of the survey or a different language/format, please contact schoolstreets@richmond.gov.uk with ''Broomfield School Street' in the subject line or call (020) 8891 7823.