What you can do

Talk to as many people as possible

Let them know about the website. Get them to sign the petition: the more people who sign up, the better.

Write a letter or send an e-mail
to your local councillor, your MP, the governors at John Roan School, the John Roan Foundation, the school’s headteacher, and the headteacher at your own local primary school.  Express to them your concern about the move, and note your support for the campaign. (We have sample letters we can give you.)

Prepare your objections to the planning application

Base your objection on concerns such as the following:

The proposed site breaks Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guidelines by lying within the blast zone of the Peninsula’s gasholder.

There is no safe walking or cycling access to the school for nearly all children in the current catchment.

The proposed building does not meet BB98 guidelines for recreational space.

(BB98 is the DfES guideline specification for the building of new schools)

Contacts

You can find contact details for your local councillors here:

www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/YourCouncil/YourRepresentatives/Councillors/Councillors.htm

The MP for Greenwich & Woolwich is Nick Raynsford.  E-mail can be sent via his assistant at: myronidisk@parliament.uk

The chair of the school’s governing body is Ms Liz Gardiner.

The chair of the John Roan Foundation is Ms Linda Nelson.

The headteacher at John Roan School is Mr Carl Dent.

All of them can be contacted: c/o John Roan School, Maze Hill, London, SE3 7UD

If you want to get in touch with us to comment on the campaign or to offer support, please e-mail us at johnroancampaign@b208.co.uk

If you support our campaign, don’t forget to sign our petition – and tell others about the campaign.

Show your support. Click here to sign our petition