Annex A
MAIN ACTION POINTS FROM "TRAVELLING
TO SCHOOL: AN ACTION PLAN"
SCHOOLS
— put in place a travel plan setting
out what schools, local authorities and others will do to support
pupils' home/school journeys;
— work with others to implement school
travel plan measures;
— develop pupils' road safety skills
through practical pedestrian and cycle training;
— promote positive behaviour by pupils
on their journey to and from school;
— ensure transport supports the extended
school day;
— consider whether staggered school
opening hours can allow pupils access to a wider range of school
based activities;
— provide secure cycle storage and
lockers as well as adequate cloakroom facilities;
— check whether uniform and timetabling
policies support walking and cycling;
— incorporate travel planning into
the curriculum;
— work with children with special educational
needs to prepare them for independent travel wherever possible.
LOCAL EDUCATION
AUTHORITY/TRANSPORT
AUTHORITY
— support walking, cycling and car
sharing by providing expert support for schools in investigating
and designing safe routes to school;
— give schools applying for planning
permission priority help from school travel advisers;
— use capital investment from Local
Transport Plans to make infrastructure changes identified in school
travel plans as quickly as possible;
— promote school bus use, investigating
whether better integration with health, social services, post-16
provision and the public bus network/taxi provision would provide
higher quality, more responsive services for all users as well
as cutting costs;
— develop inclusive policies and practices
so that children with SEN use the same transport as mainstream
pupils;
— encourage commercial or tendered
bus services which meet pupils' needs.
DEPARTMENT FOR
EDUCATION AND
SKILLS/DEPARTMENT
FOR TRANSPORT
— promote minimum standards for school
travel plans with guidance on reducing car use, together with
plans to check annually whether reductions have been achieved;
— provide additional capital grant
for schools to spend on measures identified in their travel plans;
— provide around £7.5 million
per year for at least two years to fund a strengthened team of
local authority school travel advisers, who will support schools
and local authorities in preparing and implementing travel plans;
— provide more support and project
management from the centre, with help from an expert panel;
— remove the requirement for school
buses to register with the Traffic Commissioner;
— support some smaller scale measures,
such as funding for the "Walking to School" campaign;
— include measures such as cycle parking,
showers and ample locker facilities in our model designs for "Building
Schools for the Future".
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