Catchment Area Of Whitgift School

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Year 9 Geography Coursework

Rahul Kumar

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

Aim:
To discover how far people travel to get to school and what mode of transport and why, in order that we might ultimately be able to suggest some measures to promote more sustainable transport by pupils and staff, particularly for ‘Low carbon day’ (18/06/15) thereby making Whitgift a more environmentally-friendly establishment.

Key Questions and predictions:
1.What mode of transport to/from Whitgift School do pupils and staff use?

‘I expect to find that pupils and staff use a variety of modes of transport because all people come from different backgrounds and distances from Whitgift School’

2.What is the catchment area of Whitgift School?

‘I expect to find that the catchment area is between 1 and 60 kilometers because the person who I know lives furthest away from Whitgift is in Brighton and it is between 1 and 60 kilometers away of Whitgift’.

Geographical context

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Theoretical background

Catchment Area - It is the geographical area where staff and pupils of Whitgift School travel to reach it. Many people come from Caterham, Oxted and Wandsworth. This key word links to question 2.

Traffic congestion – it is the condition on road networks that occur as the number of vehicles on them increases.

Accessibility – it is whether the school is accessible to those who live far away from Whitgift. People living locally (10 miles away) have access to trains and buses all over Croydon. However, the other group of staff and pupils that live further would rather stay on school buses

Sustainability – It is the preservation of the quality of the environment for future generations. Transport heavily influences this factor as “green” modes of transport impact the environment less. Cars impact the environment negatively as they release toxic fumes. Trains however are more sustainable as they require little fuel for lots of people.

Main transport links to Whitgift School

There are a lot of ways to get to Whitgift School in South Croydon. Many boys take the train or the car and some take buses.
Most boys take trains and they usually live close to stations such as the South Croydon or East Croydon.
Many other boys take buses to Whitgift School because it is cheap. They usually take routes that run close to the School. They include the 60, 119, 166, 312, 403, 405, 407, 412, 455, 466 and 468 buses.
Other boys that prefer the convenience and the safety of the school buses take different routes such as Worcester Park, Wandsworth, East Grinstead and Wimbledon, etc.
Very few people take bicycles due to the danger but it is cheap and eco-friendly too.

History of Whitgift School:

The School was founded in 1596 by John Whitgift, Elizabeth I's last Archbishop of Canterbury, and opened in 1600, making it Croydon's oldest school; the present Headmaster, Dr Christopher Barnett, is the twenty-sixth in the School's history. There are approximately 650 boys in the Lower School and 650 boys in the Upper School. Haling Park, to which the School moved in 1931, was at one time the home of Lord Howard of Effingham, Lord High Admiral of the Fleet sent against the Armada, and it retains the appearance of an attractive country estate.
The original buildings have been supplemented by many additions and improvements including an outstanding Music School and Concert Hall, an integrated facility for science, technology, art and design together with library and resource centres, a separate Lower School building, and a state-of-the-art £9m Sports and Conference Centre. A new Art Department, Performing Arts Centre and a new Sixth Form Centre were completed during the summer of 2011.

Whitgift contact details:

Whitgift School
Haling Park
South Croydon
CR2 6YT
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