Parents in Grayswood have been threatened with parking tickets from the police for using the school drop-off service. The crack-down comes after parking violations have caused a traffic nightmare outside the school.

In a letter seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Grayswood Primary School warned that police will issue tickets to drivers stopping on the yellow zigzag lines outside the school.

A parent said: “Due to it being a small village road with little parking, we run a very well organised drive through service at the school.”

Parents use an unofficial one-way system to keep the traffic moving, but say that when drivers, who are not there for the school, go against the unofficial one-way route, roads can get blocked and cause “traffic chaos”.

A source said the school parents association has had a long-standing issue with residents about the one-way drop off system.

Surrey Police said it received information of some potential traffic and public order offences taking place outside a school near Haslemere. Concerned with the safety of schoolchildren, a Waverley Policing Community Support Officer (PCSO) has been conducting random spot checks in the area over the last week leading to three traffic violation offences which were dealt with via “words of advice”.

A spokesperson at Grayswood Primary School said: “We recognise the issues with parking near the school, and we are pro-actively working with the local residents and parents to find alternative solutions to ease the traffic flow. We continue to encourage parents, where possible, to walk to school, car share or use public transport. 

“We also operate staggered start and pick up times and run after school clubs to try and reduce the number of vehicles in the village at any one time. The safety of the children is our number one priority.”