COMING to a school near you - road signs designed by children.

A new road safety campaign has borrowed the ideas of pupils at a Southampton primary school to make drivers slow down when approaching the school.

The Holy Family Catholic Primary School at Millbrook, has already had all the posts lining the road outside painted yellow as part of the Yellow Zone programme by Southampton City Council.

Head teacher Angela Dale said that as soon as the yellow paint was applied in August it had an immediate impact.

"It actually has worked, drivers see it and say, 'Oh what's that?' and they certainly slow down," she said.

Now, in phase two, elements from the five winning entries in a poster competition among the pupils will be used to make warning signs for drivers.

Council road safety manager Bill Prendergast said: "This is the first time this has been done in Britain and if all goes well we'll use this throughout the rest of the city."

Councillor June Bridle, who judged the entries with Ms Dale and Daily Echo editor Ian Murray, said it was a good example of schools and council working together.

"This is the school's own idea and very much led by them together with our safety team, and they've shown the rest of us what can be done.

"We work extremely closely with all our schools and I encourage them to share these ideas," she said.

Features from the posters to appear on the new signs include a red triangle, the words Look Out There's Children About, a picture of children playing, a figure 20 within a circle and brightly coloured letters.