Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School Street
Share your views on a proposed School Street at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School by Sunday 20 July
As part of our commitment to make Islington’s streets greener, healthier, and more welcoming for all, we are proposing to introduce a School Street at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School as part of Phase One of the Secondary School Streets programme.
This project aims to deliver better air quality around schools by reducing the negative environmental impacts of traffic and idling vehicles. We are also looking to make the area safer for students and the wider community through a reduction in road danger due to decreased traffic.
We want to make sure that the changes we’re making reflect the needs of the local community – including school pupils, parents, carers, teachers' residents and businesses.
Between now and Sunday 20 July 2025, we’re asking for your ideas and insights into how we can improve the area for all.
About Islington’s School Streets
A School Street is where roads around the school temporarily close to traffic to become a pedestrian and cycle zone during the school’s opening and closing times.
Since 2019, Islington Council has introduced 35 School Streets covering 36 Primary Schools and are now expanding the School Streets programme to secondary schools.
Secondary School Streets aim to reduce road danger for students and other road users through a decrease in traffic, make it easier and safer for students to independently travel to school, and reduce the negative impacts of traffic and idling vehicles, including on air quality.
Potential School Streets Plans
Improvements outside the school gate
We are exploring making improvements to the space around the school to make the area safer, greener and more attractive. This might include:
New greening - planting and trees
Cycle parking
Student co-designed artwork
New seating
Improvements to pavements
Safer, upgraded crossings
Examples of possible public realm improvements, from top: new seating, safer raised crossing, new planting and cycle parking.
Traffic Filtering
We are proposing to introduce measures that will reduce traffic outside the school gates through traffic filtering. Traffic filtering would make it safer for people to walk, wheel and cycle in the area through a decrease in vehicle volumes. For School Streets, traffic filters operate temporarily for 45 minutes in the morning and late afternoon during term time to coincide with pupil arrival and departures.
Traffic filters are restrictions in the street to prevent motor vehicles passing through. They are marked with standard traffic signs to be visible to all drivers. Camera enforcement (ANPR) is used to allow emergency services and other exempt vehicles to continue to access the area.
All addresses on a School Street remain accessible by vehicle, even with a traffic filter in place.
How you can get involved
Come and talk to us
We are holding an in-person drop in event on Thursday 10 July, from 4.30-5.30pm at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, Donegal Street, N1 9QG.
Fill in the online survey
Complete the online survey at the bottom of this webpage to tell us your concerns, and share your ideas for the area. The survey will close at 11.59pm on Sunday, 20 July 2025.
If you would like a paper copy of the survey, please:
Write to: Environment, 1 Cottage Road, London, N7 8TP or,
Collect and fill in a paper copy of the survey from the school reception, or 222 Upper Street.
Email us
If you have questions, drop us a line at SchoolStreets@islington.gov.uk
Next steps
Based on your feedback, we’ll develop proposals for the area, and we will hold a public consultation on these in Autumn 2025.
