Dear Parents and carers

You will be aware that the development of Linmere is currently being delivered to the north of Thornhill Primary School.

Silver Birch Avenue, which links Sundon Road to the school, will become a key access point for the school. We have worked closely with Central Bedfordshire Council and Thornhill Primary School to ensure that the designs for the school and for Linmere are fully coordinated, and that the school becomes a link between the new development and Houghton Regis. 

However, Silver Birch Avenue is currently in continual use by heavy construction traffic, and as such we have a Health and Safety obligation to minimise non-essential traffic.

For these reasons it has been agreed with Thornhill Primary School and Central Bedfordshire Council that pupils would not be able to access Thornhill Primary School from Silver Birch Avenue until September 2023.

We do though understand the inconvenience this may cause to those living nearby, and we will therefore allow pupils travelling to Thornhill school on foot or by bicycle to use the route shown in green below.

 

Whilst we would prefer not to have to restrict access, for Health & Safety reasons drop-offs by car anywhere along Silver Birch Avenue or elsewhere within the development will not be allowed until September 2023.

For the sake of everyone’s safety we cannot compromise on this, and if not adhered to we will unfortunately have to restrict access for all.

Many thanks for your understanding

 

The Linmere Team

As the rainy weather begins to set it, we thought it best to confirm our arrangements for the children while they are at school. 

Recently, there have been a number of parents parking on Silver Birch Avenue to drop off or collect children from school. As we have said before, this is absolutely not allowed. 

We have just been in a meeting with the land developer who has explained that there are serious health and safety risks associated with parking on Silver Birch Avenue and that this must not continue. 

Access to the school from the Silver Birch Avenue site is currently only for residents of the Linmere development via the pedestrian footpath. 

Unfortunately, we have been informed that if parents continue to park on Silver Birch Avenue, the road will be closed to all traffic and there will be no access to the school from the Silver Birch site at all. 

We ask that all parents take this warning seriously so as not to affect the day to day running of the school. 

Have no fear, the lunch that your child receives is not changing!

However, the way you book it for them and where they eat it is changing. Read on to find out about the simple changes we are making to give you a better understanding of what your child is eating and how you pay for it. 

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Drop off and collection arrangements