Some parents who take their children to school in the car are continually causing congestion problems around school entrances. While some park in school car parks reserved for teachers, others are parking in the keep clear areas, which is a danger to other pupils.

One School in Northumberland which is fed up with parents not obeying the rules has brought in a three strikes policy whereby if they are caught disobeying the parking rules three times their child will be excluded from the school.
This obviously goes against government guidelines on how expulsions should be used, but it proves just how frustrated the school is with the problem.

The schools argument, apart from the fact that the parking rules are in place to protect pupils, is that how can parents expect children to behave courteously and have respect for the law if their parents do not.

This is a very valid point as parental behaviour has a strong influence on children. However it seems unfair to punish the child for the parent’s offences. Hopefully the move will work and parents will become more responsible when it comes to dropping their children of at school.