New Secondary School Parents Meeting: FBC 19 th March 2014

Key Objectives Sufficient places in outstanding schools. Meeting parental preferences Sustainability (walking / cycling to school). Support the Core Strategy with a SDL focus.

Parent consultation “headlines” so far 2 X meetings in /3/14 - next meeting – FBC Parents discussed: School characteristics / ethos School site requirements Cycle / walking routes

School Characteristics feedback so far 1,200 places – like Wokingham Town schools Sixth form Good academic / vocational offer Good on site sports facilities 3 building phases

Getting to school feedback so far Support for better cycle routes and footpaths Interest in buses Comments about specific locations / roads

Issues Times raised GOOD CYCLE ROUTES, PAVEMENTS,14 PAVEMENTS, SAFE PEDESTRIAN JUNCTIONS 8 BUS6 CYCLE TRAINING - SUFFICIENT CAPACITY 5 CYCLE STORAGE (SECURE)5 STORAGE - LOCKERS, EQUIPMENT3 MOSTLY CAR TRAVEL, NEED TO HAVE CAPACITY FOR PARKING 2

What do we do with feedback? Directly feeds into WBC school specification work Commitment from current free school proposer group to take on board all parent feedback Helps other WBC teams & developers understand community aspirations