CCTV cameras have been installed and a street made one-way in an effort to clampdown on dangerous driving outside a primary school.

Teachers and parents have been campaigning for improved road safety measures near Temple Hill Primary Academy in Dartford where drop-offs are likened to scenes in the "Wild West".

Drivers are often seen mounting the kerb and parking up on the side of St Edmunds Road.

The school, part of the Galaxy Trust, has previously called for a drop-off zone to be created and CCTV to be installed to address problems.

A Kent County Council (KCC) consultation to make St Edmunds Road one-way from its junction with Farnol Road onwards closed earlier this month.

Following a review of responses, officers have now decided to go ahead with the scheme.

Welcoming the news, Dartford Labour leader Kelly Grehan said: "I have been campaigning for safer roads in Dartford for years. This started as a mum who walked their kids to school.

"There is a number of problems which turned what used to be an idyllic time into a horrible experience.

"A lot of cars will come one way and more the other creating a stand-off situation and then will reverse or drive on the pavement to get out of it.

"It is good to have a win. The response from parents is this should have be done long ago. I think it will hopefully make parents feel more comfortable about walking to school."

She added: "I am really pleased to achieve this. It keeps me awake at night thinking about children risking their lives walking to and from school with the volume of traffic in Dartford.

"Sometimes teaching road safety is not always enough. There is a lot more I would like to see done. Road safety was at the top of my list when I became a councillor."

Cllr Grehan also said work has started to make the roads safer with zigzag lines.

Meanwhile, long-awaited CCTV cameras have also now been installed outside the school gates.

Temple Hill parent Darren Povey, 42, was also backing the proposal and has been campaigning for people to take more care behind the wheel after his teenage son, Dean, was hit by a drug driver.

He has now made a full recovery but the accident had long-term effects on the family.

Darren, who lives in Kingsley Avenue, said: "It is a massive relief. Over the last three or four years we have had a lot of broken promises from the council. It will make a difference for us.

"It will not stop all the problems but I am over the moon with the decision. It would be nice to see this across Dartford and roll it out to other schools."

Darren's daughter, Isla, eight, attends the school and the dad-of-two has been volunteering his free-time as a lollipop man outside the gates to help ensure pupils are protected.

Last year, cameras were installed in several locations outside primary schools in Dartford in a clampdown on irresponsible driving during pick-up and drop-off times.

It was hoped the installation of cameras would be rolled out to further locations once additional columns and infrastructure was put in place.