Home to School Transport Policy (0 to 25 Year Olds)

For enquiries about school transport eligibility for pupils/students with EHCPs please contact your named Education, Health and Care Coordinator or the SEND Service at [email protected].

For all other pupils, school transport eligibility is assessed and confirmed by the Admissions and Transport Team, who invite the parent/carer of eligible pupils to apply for school transport via an online portal. Enquiries about school transport eligibility can be made using the Admissions and school transport ‘Contact us’ form.

Find out more about the free school transport process.

Provision of travel assistance at any one time does not guarantee that this will be an ongoing arrangement and the requirement will be reviewed by the Council on a regular and ongoing basis. As pupils/students build their travel independence, their travel assistance/transport provision may change e.g. moving from a shared minibus to using a Council funded public transport pass.

Transport and building travel independence will also be discussed at EHCP annual review meetings and a decision taken on whether a review is needed.

All pupils/students who receive travel assistance will be subject to review:

• at the end of Year 3 in which the pupil attains the age of 8 years;
• at the end of Year 6;
• following the successful completion of Independent Travel Training;
• following a change in circumstances e.g. new school/educational setting or home address
• Eligible students with SEND aged 16-19 need to reapply for travel assistance each academic year. Eligibility for travel assistance for post-16 students with EHCPs is reassessed by the SEND service annually.

If during the course of any school year the Council determines that the provision of travel assistance does not need be provided any longer, it will stop one month after the decision is made.