Trial School Street at St Matthews School

Overview

A School Street is a road near a school that is temporarily closed to most motor vehicles during school drop-off times.

The aim is to make it safer and less polluted for children to walk, wheel or cycle to school by reducing traffic, congestion outside the school and engine idling, which improves air quality. 

Certain vehicles, such as those for residents or emergency services, are still allowed to use the road.

We have successfully launched ten School Streets across Kingston and will be introducing a trial at St Matthew's Primary School on Landley Road on the 3rd November 2025 until June 2026.

The Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee approved this trial School Street scheme on 19th March 2025, subject to continued engagement with the local community. The monitoring data, together with feedback from residents and schools, will be presented to the Neighbourhood Committee, which will then make an informed decision about the trial’s future.

Location and timings of the School Street trial

This School Street trial covers the part of Langley Road from the junction with Oak Hill Crescent to the Upper Brighton Road/Kingsdowne Road roundabout. The attached plan shows the area of the School Streets Zone.

From 3 November 2025 only registered exempt motor vehicles will be able to travel into the School Streets Zone Monday to Friday, between 8am-9am (term time only, and not bank holidays). Unregistered vehicles exiting the School Streets Zone during the restricted period will not receive a Penalty Charge Notice.

Enforcement of the restriction will be by Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera. 

This scheme will be implemented using an ‘Experimental Traffic Management Order’. 

Tell us your thoughts on the scheme

There are two ways you can give your feedback to us as part of this scheme.

1. Formal support and objections

• These can be submitted by our Appyway portal, or by writing to us at Traffic Order Section, Guildhall 2, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 1EU.
• Use the reference MO.EXPKing345.
• All feedback submitted via the TMO process will be considered when the Committee is making a final decision on the scheme.
• All formal feedback must be given before 1 May 2026.

2. Sharing your day to day experience of the scheme

• Please let us have your feedback on how the scheme is working for you by completing the short survey by clicking on the link below
• This feedback helps us understand if there are any changes we need to make during the experimental stage of the scheme.
• This feedback will be considered with all formal feedback when the Committee is making a final decision on the scheme. 

How to get in touch with us

If you have any questions, or need any of the information on our short survey in a different format, please get in touch with us via phone: 020 8547 5000, or email streetspace@kingston.gov.uk.