The headteacher of a Woodbridge primary school has warned that it will be "only a matter of time" before there is a serious accident involving a pupil due to concerns about traffic.

Tom Gunson, head at Kyson Primary School, was particularly worried about the safety of almost 200 children who have to cross Clare Avenue because of cars parked across the top of a T-junction.

Residents in streets surrounding the school, including Newnham Avenue and Peterhouse Crescent, have complained about cars causing an obstruction by parking across pavements and driveways, as well as damaging grass verges.

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Mr Gunson said: "If nothing changes, it is only a matter of time before a more serious incident occurs when children are crossing the junction and vehicles are trying to get around the parked cars at the top of the T-junction.

"We need to encourage a change of behaviour in the way cars are parked at drop-off and pick-up times to make the area around the school a safer environment for all involved.”

Now staff and pupils at the school, along with local councillors, are seeking to raise awareness of the situation and plans are going ahead for a three week-long safety awareness campaign, with a joint letter being written to parents by the school council and co-signed by Mr Gunson and Woodbridge councillor Ruth Leach.

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East Anglian Daily Times: A focus group has been set up to seek improvements to the traffic situation around Kyson Primary SchoolA focus group has been set up to seek improvements to the traffic situation around Kyson Primary School (Image: Ruth Leach)Safety awareness posters designed by pupils will be displayed on lamp posts around the school, while Suffolk police and the board of governors will monitor parking at the Clare Avenue T junction and on pavements and across driveways.

Mrs Leach said: “There are approximately 400 pupils at Kyson School and because of the size of the catchment area many of them have to travel to school by car and finding parking spaces to drop children off safely is a big problem.

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"We can’t offer a dedicated school parking lot so we have to look at other ways to diffuse the traffic volume and to make sure the area surrounding the school is safer for pedestrians.

"While acknowledging our busy lives this could include leaving home earlier, parking a short distance away and walking to the school safely.”