A new supervised school crossing has opened at Ascot State School, one of two new Queensland school crossings to open in the first week of Term 2 2026, as the statewide School Crossing Supervisor Scheme continues its expansion to more than 700 schools across the state.
The crossing at Ascot is a practical and visible change for the hundreds of families who navigate the streets around the heritage-listed primary school each day at drop-off and pick-up. Nearby Our Lady Help of Christians Parish School is also set to benefit from a crossing supervisor under the same expansion programme, bringing improved pedestrian safety to two of Ascot’s most active school precincts.
The second Term 2 crossing opened at St John’s Catholic Primary School in Walkerston, with three more sites in Darling Heights, Rockhampton and Mudgeeraba set to follow before the end of May.
A Scheme That Covers More Than 700 Schools
The School Crossing Supervisor Scheme is a statewide programme, designed specifically to reduce the risk of death and injury to children on their way to and from school.
Trained supervisors work at designated crossings during school arrival and departure times, directing both pedestrian and vehicle traffic and providing a visible, consistent presence that helps young walkers navigate busy roads safely.
The expansion currently underway will grow the scheme to more than 1,400 crossings at more than 700 Queensland schools, staffed by more than 2,100 supervisors. Since July 2025, two new crossings have opened and 20 existing crossings have been upgraded to dual crossings. A total of 33 schools across the state are set to receive new or upgraded crossings by the end of the current school year.
Applications for school crossing supervisors are assessed against established eligibility criteria and funding availability. Schools, parents and communities with road safety concerns around their school can also apply for support through the School Transport Infrastructure Programme (STIP), which funds safer crossings, stop-drop-and-go zones, and improved walking and cycling paths.
About Ascot State School
Ascot State School has served the Ascot community for more than a century, opening on 24 May 1920 on its current site bounded by Pringle, Anthony and Massey Streets.
It is one of Brisbane’s most significant heritage school campuses, added to the Queensland Heritage Register in 2017 for its rare urban brick buildings dating from 1920 to 1939, which incorporate educational murals in Block B that are among the few surviving examples of their kind in Queensland.
The school serves students from Prep to Year 6 and sits within a tightly residential precinct close to Racecourse Road and the Doomben and Eagle Farm racecourse precincts. The combination of school pedestrian traffic and local through-traffic has long made the surrounding streets one of the busier school-zone environments in the area, making the new crossing a meaningful addition to the morning and afternoon routine for families on foot.
Anyone interested in becoming a school crossing supervisor in the Ascot area can contact their local TMR road safety officer through this link.
For school road safety information and to apply for the School Transport Infrastructure Programme, click here.
Published 28-April-2026
