A SCHOOL has come under fire from residents angered that their roads are ‘cluttered and blocked’ by vehicles dumped by pupils and school visitors.

Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School has been slammed for its “arrogant disregard” of residents in west Marlow, as cars turn the quiet residential area “into a used car lot”.

Harwood Road resident of 25 years Bernard Mulady said the problem made it difficult for residents to get around and has pleaded for a solution to be found.

Headteacher Dr Peter Holding said he had sympathy for residents and the school ‘did its best’ to point students and visitors to a spill-over car park at Marlow Sports Club.

But he conceded the school could not prevent people from parking on the road side and force them to use the facility.

He said: “They are public highways and I don’t have the remit to prevent people from parking there but we do our very best to work with residents.

“We urge our students to take advantage of an agreement we have with the sports club about five minutes walk away but the problem is enforcing that.

“It’s a problem which increases at this time of year as an increasing number of our year 13s pass their driving tests and, with their exams coming up, need to use their car to come and go a bit more frequently.

“Our school site is very congested as it is, we have looked at additional car parking but we’re in a conservation area so it’s very difficult.”

Dr Holding urged residents to pass on the registration plates of offending cars to the school in a bid to alleviate the problem.

Mr Mulady said: “This has been a problem for years, we all now look forward to the school holidays so we can actually see our roads and not a used car lot.

“From September to June throughout the school year, these roads are cluttered and blocked by such vehicles. We are forced to tolerate free parking for the owners who can afford to run such vehicles but not apparently, to pay for parking.

“Access for delivery vehicles, street cleaning, rubbish collections, and most importantly, emergency services is difficult, if not impossible for most of the day.

“But the school has arrogantly disregarded all requests to alleviate this problem and we feel it’s time for them to do something about it, as it is them causing the problem.”