Year 5 and 6 Independent Travel
Year 5 and 6 children are allowed to travel to and from school independently if parental consent is received. Please visit the ‘Forms’ tab on ParentMail to provide your consent.
Vision for travel
The University of Cambridge Primary School encourages children, parents and visitors to travel to the school by sustainable travel modes, including walking, cycling, public transport and car sharing. The school works to identify key barriers to sustainable travel, working with local stakeholders to resolve these.
The aims are to reduce the number of car trips for journeys to/from the school and to other locations by staff and pupils; to encourage children, parents and members of the team to travel to the site by walking, cycling, scooting and public transport; to ensure safe and direct age appropriate walking and cycling provision to and from school for all pupils living in cycling and walking distance to school; to encourage sustainable travel to visitors and contractors to access the site sustainably; and to demonstrate the University of Cambridge Primary School commitment to policies aiming to reduce the environmental impact of the school run.
Events
We have taken part in a variety of different national active travel events, including Bike to School Week; Walk to School Week; and Sustrans Big Pedal. As part of the curriculum, KS2 children also undertake cycle training with Bikeability. Locally, Outspoken Cycles provides Dr Bike sessions, offering free bike inspections and minor repairs, as well as bike marking.
Getting to and from our school
Cycling
- Cycle routes: the Ridgeway is a dedicated cycle and pedestrian route that runs from Girton, through Eddington, to Storey’s Way in Cambridge. A useful tool to plan your cycle route is Cycle Streets.
- Cycle parking: there are cycle racks outside of the school for you to use at drop off and pick up times.
- Workshop repairs and bike maintenance are available at certain times to encourage and support parents and guardians who travel to school by bike.
- The University of Cambridge offers free urban cycle skills training to cover all abilities from basic to advanced.
Public Transport
- The Universal bus (U1 and U2) goes from Eddington to Addenbrooke’s via key University sites and Cambridge Rail Station. There are discounts for children (5-15) and students with any valid student ID.
- The Tiger 2 serves Eddington, running to Newmarket Road Park and Ride via Impington.
- The Madingley Road Park and Ride is only a short walk from UCPS and you can also access the Citi 5 or Citi 6 buses from Huntingdon Road, or the X3 or Citi 4 from Madingley Road.
- Eddington is also part of an autonomous vehicle pilot scheme, with The Connector running for free between Eddington and the West Innovation District.
Driving
- Parking can be found at Madingley Road Park and Ride (free for up to 18 hours) and Sainsbury’s (free for up to 90 minutes). It is recommended that parents who must drive park at these locations and walk to the school for drop off and pick up.
- In order to keep Eddington as safe as possible for all children and visitors, please ensure you keep to the 20mph speed limit and take extra care when reversing/manouvering.
- Parking is extremely limited in Eddington, with some cashless on-street parking available. The first hour of parking is free however you must obtain a ticket or register your vehicle by phone, even for the first hour.
- Parking enforcement is in place in Eddington and anyone found to be violating parking restrictions will receive a parking charge notice, this includes but is not limited to double parking, not parking in a designated parking bay, parking without registering your vehicle and parking on double yellow lines.
- Please also be aware that Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras operate on Eddington Avenue twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Only buses and approved vehicles will be able to access Eddington Avenue. All other vehicles must travel via Turing Way.
PLEASE NOTE any issues related to parking should be raised directly with the Eddington travel team, who can be contacted at travel@eddington-cambridge.co.uk
Other Links
Bicycle
Welcome to cycling in Cambridge
Parking information can be found here.
Live public transport information now available!
Smart Cambridge have developed a pocket Smart Panel which provides live information on bus times, train times and the weather. It can be found via this link on your smartphone and allows you to check accurate live times of buses (some bus stops only show scheduled times). You can also access this information online here.