Clean Air Schools Grant Programme

Bradford Clean Air Schools Projects are starting to take shape

It is great to get updates from the schools involved in our Clean Air Schools Projects (CASP) and learn how each school is using their allocated grants to make improvements to the air quality at school and encourage children to utilise active travel options.

• Lower Fields Primary have installed two additional junior covered cycle shelters to encourage more children to use a cycle or a scooter for their journeys to and from school rather than travelling by car.
• Harden Primary have installed a “wheels road” to provide a safe entrance for children cycling or scooting and allowing children to safely dismount away from the main thoroughfare.
• Ready Steady Pedal are a Bradford based organisation specialising in learn to ride (they’ve taught over 8000 children to ride in the last 10 years), cycle skills, bike rides, staff training in both scooter and cycle skills and active travel consultation. They are providing several services to schools who have been allocated CASP grants such as bike servicing and cycle skills.
• Ready Steady Pedal hosted a Dr Bike session at Dixons Marchbank Primary school and amazingly managed to service 60 bikes that are now ready to ride. There will also be learn to ride sessions for adults and children along with installation of living screens helping to capture and block particulate pollution from the children’s play area.
• Westminster C of E Primary School in conjunction with Ready Steady Pedal held a Dr Bike session to fix over 40 bikes and taught year 5 children important bike maintenance skills. Parent consultation at the school has initiated plans to improve cycle and scooter skills and an active travel map to help families understand the safe routes to school.

• St John's CofE has installed a new bike shelter for the safe storage of up to 30 bikes and scooters to ensure families have somewhere safe and secure to leave equipment.
• Russell Hall Primary has transformed unused space at the back of the school away from the busy main road into clean and peaceful outdoor learning space.
• East Morton Primary school has continued their eco-school journey by creating clean air spaces which are safe for children to play, they are also learning about science and will be monitoring air quality around the school.

These are great achievements in such a short amount of time and will have a positive impact on the school environment. We are looking forward to seeing more projects come to fruition and see how the CASP grants will improve the school environment and reduce exposure to air pollution.

Bradford Clean Air Schools resources to download

Take a look at the resources we have put together to compliment the Clean Air Schools Grant projects. There are activities, presentations, games and lots more on our "Download resources and activities" page.

Bradford Clean Air Schools Grants Programme

The Bradford Clean Air Schools Programme (CASP) is a Bradford Council initiative funded by the Bradford Clean Air Zone (CAZ). Reductions in pollution outside schools are already being delivered by the CAZ, especially at those located next to busy main roads. The CASP seeks to further improve air quality at schools by providing targeted funding direct to schools to help them implement bespoke emission and exposure reduction measures ensuring schools become cleaner, healthier places for Bradford’s children.

School Streets help reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality