More than £175,000 will be spent on making the roads around 23 schools in the borough safer this year.

Swindon Borough Council’s School Safe Environment Zone Scheme has already seen work done near 50 schools across the borough, including keep clear markings, single and double yellow lines, flashing amber school signs, and the introduction of three School Streets.

And it will continue this year to put in measures such as waiting restrictions, reduction in speed limits, cycling facilities, a footway extensions and one new Schools Street at: Chiseldon Primary School, Oakhurst Community Primary School, Catherine Wayte Primary School, The Dorcan Academy, The Ridgeway School, Wroughton Junior School, Oliver Tomkins Infants & Juniors, St. Joseph's Catholic College, Badbury Park Primary School, Eldene Primary School, Peatmoor Community Primary, Wroughton Infants School, Lethbridge Primary School, Grange Junior School, Brook Field Primary School, St Francis Primary School, Drove Primary School, Wanborough Primary School, Bishopstone Primary School, Grange Infants School, Swindon Academy , Moredon Primary School.

It will cost the council £177,000.

Councillor Chris Watts, Swindon Borough Council’s cabinet member for transport and the Environment, said: “Keeping children safe on their journeys to and from school is a priority for the council.

“We have a lot of busy roads close to many of our schools and the School Safe Environment Programme has an important part to play in improving road safety.

“I hope that these new measures and behaviour change initiatives will see a reduction in injuries and make children and parents feel safer on the school run.”

A spokesman for the local authority said that the design of each SSEZ is bespoke to the circumstances, characteristics and location of each school as well as the current behaviours of pupils and parents or carers.

An assessment was completed across all schools in Swindon to accurately determine the improvements needed and to prioritise the schools requiring the most support, with 23 schools chosen for the fourth year of the programme,

Assessment factors included whether the school was primary or secondary, the type and condition of its approach road and the availability of cycle routes and footpaths.

Other factors included the number of pupils at the school, concerns raised by parents, residents, councillors and the schools themselves, as well as data in relation to road traffic collisions involving children on their way to or from school.