Children have unveiled a road safety banner after a car crashed through their school’s fence.
Fortunately, nobody was hurt when the vehicle hurtled into Judith Kerr Primary School’s grounds during the Christmas holidays.
But over 200 people, including 92 kids, have signed a petition to introduce traffic calming measures along Half Moon Lane.
Helen Hayes, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, who attended the event on Friday, March 1, said: “There is more work to do, and we know that.
“We will keep on working until all of the work that is needed across our area to make it as safe as possible for children to travel to school is done.”
Parents handed two petitions to Dulwich Village ward Councillor Margy Newens, one organised by parents and carers and the other by Year 2 student Bea Hornsby Bolton.
The children’s petition asked Southwark Council: “Please can we have our school street safer? It would make me a lot happier when I walk to school. And could there be less pollution around our school, it would make me very happy inside.”
Parents also say they have worries about local air pollution after a monitor on the grounds showed air quality was poor during school runs.
They said nitrogen dioxide air pollution at the school, which often comes from transport and especially diesel, has sometimes exceeded World Health Organization guideline limits by over three times.
Families were bemused in October when Sophie, a metre-tall human-shaped no parking sign was stolen but thankfully it was later returned.