Jane Fletcher

Hi, I am Jane Fletcher, Principal of the Harris Girls' Academy in East Dulwich. We were delighted to host the event earlier this week to talk about the new Primary School. Just to let you know, we are also hosting this year's East Dulwich Literary Festival. It runs from Monday 24th June to Friday 28th, with tickets available from Rye Books. Details of the events are here: http://www.harrisdulwichgirls.org.uk/4/news/article/128/shakespeare-and-me-literary-festival-2013. It would be great to see some of you there. Best wishes, Jane

Good morning Thanks for taking the time to set out the problems you are having with traffic on Homestall Road. Whilst we are really pleased to have the pedestrian crossing up and running finally, we do acknowledge that it does not solve all the issues relating to traffic/students crossing the road that have been highlighted. We are also aware that the building work we are having done on site has caused congestion further down the road and we do apologise for all the inconvenience that this has caused. The new build work completes at Christmas and Vinci then move out. However, we do then have a further period of refurbishment from January onwards which will undoubtedly cause some further issues. We are very aware of the issues relating to people stopping where there are road markings, u-turns and also the lack of road awareness that some of our students demonstrate. We are working actively to improve these matters. We do believe strongly that our contribution to our community should be a positive one and we seek to work with our neighbours whenever possible. We aren't complacent, we're willing to listen to your views and we really want to work in partnership with our local community - thanks again for your comments and we will continue to work to improve the impact that we have on the road outside the student gate. Best wishes Jane Fletcher Principal Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich