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Private schools in the Capital are bucking the nationwide trend of decreasing roll numbers, with over a third of all pupils in the Scottish independent sector now studying in Edinburgh.
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Whatever you think of private education (and parents right for state schools choice) this certainly has an effect on 'rush' hour traffic volume.
Same paper was running stories recently about Capital school roles increasing and that they might have to re-open some of the schools they recently closed in order to cope. Perhaps they forgot about those articles already?
True, but then the uniforms make the kids stand out and the numbers of blue blazers I see walking down the road of a morning tends to suggest that a fair proportion of Edinburgh Academy pupils walk to school.
"fair proportion of Edinburgh Academy pupils walk to school"
Yes, but generally schools with larger catchment areas are more likely to have children driven to school.
Not pretending that kids living round the corner from LA schools don't get driven!
It's been reckoned for years that school holidays means 20% less traffic.
No idea if there are any private/public split figures.
Traffic around Heriots and Watsons = nightmare. One woman last week had dropped child on corner of Colinton road, and was trying to uturn at entrance to south gillsland and this preventing the cars backup behind her from turning in and blocking traffic up both colinton (both directions and Gillsland). I was on Gillsland, with wean on back, and had horns blaring at me (i think) for not going. So eventually went only to encounter drivers horrified look at me, as I basically headed straight at her window...
previous threads abound. my fav is Spytfyre encountering woman with kids on board, writing out cheque as she drove in queued traffic. I bet she never did that again. And don't get me started ion the parents who think it is a good idea to avoid front of heriots by dropping/picking their kids in george square instead...(engines and radios running all the while).
"It's been reckoned for years that school holidays means 20% less traffic."
But that's not necessarily linked to children being driven to school. Families are on holiday so not driving to work.
"But that's not necessarily linked to children being driven to school. Families are on holiday so not driving to work."
That is undoubtedly true, so not the entire 20%, but go past any school at all during term time and it's also undoubtedly true that that road is more clogged and busy than during the holidays, which is linked to children being driven to school.
Many pf the vehicles used on the school run are then driven to a place of work. That's often why folk drive kids to school, they 'drop off' on the way into work.
That may be less true of those attending private schools, mind you. Some will be piloting the Chelsea tractor straight back up the drive after the school run...
Genuine question; why are SUVs made of such poorly insulated materials? There cant be any other reason for the engine having to be left running for minutes at a time while waiting on someone other than to have heating on (or A/c in the summer)... My 11 year old Passat doesnt suffer from this problem (I've waited for hours outside halls hosting ballet exams etc), so it must just be SUVs.
"Genuine question; why are SUVs made of such poorly insulated materials? There cant be any other reason for the engine having to be left running for minutes at a time while waiting on someone other than to have heating on (or A/c in the summer)..."
It's probably because they have only driven from just along the road and the SUV hasn't had time to warm up / cool down in such a short journey! The ones that get me are the parents who park side by side and hold a conversation through the open windows whilst the engine is running to heat up/cool down said vehicle. They could save fuel by nipping in to one or other car!
Thirty five years or so ago my friend Sandy as a young boy used to make the journey each day from North Berwick on the train, leaving his old classmates Graham Biscuit, Matthew Spanner and Shaleen Warthog (all true names) and meet up with his new pals at Edinburgh Academy. He would walk down from the station. The private schools also have more car pooling amongst the parents? Edinburgh Academy primary might be at a different site now along at Trinity?
As Kapps said - many schools in Edinburgh state / private have rising rolls. The chap in charge of the empty ones wont give any away to folk like me who are being rehoused [workwise] and cites amongst other reasons - rising population.
I see quite a few school children (mostly older girls) in High School of Dundee uniforms boarding trains heading north east from Dundee station. I daresay a fair few older Watsonians, Heriot's and Edinburgh Academy pupils walk home. Perhaps the little 'uns attending prep schools tip the balance in favour of the Chelsea tractor toting parents clogging the streets?
I know it's atypical but I doubt any pupils at all walk to Merchiston Castle, despite the "20MPH WHEN FLASHING" signs that surround it. Still, the zone makes it easier for the SUVs to get into the entrance, I suppose.
I now recall that I had the misfortune to ride through Musselburgh earlier this year whilst the Loretto pupil pickup was in progress. Absolute snarlup of pricey motors in the Honest Toun...
I once thought it would be neat to wander round the office car park at lunch time, recording type (to work out cost) of car and distance from the front door. I've got a hypothesis to test that the price of the motor increases exponentially as you get closer to the building, as all the directors and senior managers are above walking much distance across the car park.
A nice relationship could be established and a pretty chart could be plotted.
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