Civitas School Street

In the autumn 2023 Civitas Academy, situated in Great Knollys Street next to Reading Transport Ltd depot, undertook an informal consultation with affected properties and parents/carers on the proposal to implement an experimental School Street on Great Knollys Street.

A School Street application was then submitted by the school in January 2024 and approved as an Experimental Traffic Order (ETRO) at the Councils Traffic Management Sub Committee in March 2024.

The scheme involves the closure of Great Knollys Street to all but eligible vehicles immediately to the east of its junction with Bedford Road from this point eastward for the length up to the point of Great Knollys Street where there is an existing traffic restriction and pedestrian and cycle link through to the eastern end of Great Knollys Street.

There would be no obstruction to access to Reading Buses as this is already inaccessible to vehicles. Apart from the school the only properties that would be affected within the closure area would be residential and under the terms of Reading’s school street scheme these vehicles would retain access under the eligible vehicle category. The time of the road closure for the School Street will be 8.30 to 9.00 for morning drop-off and 14.55 to 15.40 for afternoon pickup, Monday-Friday during term time only.