Home to school transport guidance

There is new statutory guidance for local authorities in the Home To School Travel and Transport Guidance, July 2014.

The main points are:

• No change to school transport legislation. The associated duties continue to rest with local authorities.
• With an increase in academies and free schools, all schools now having the power to decide their session times, there will be an increasing need for local stakeholders to work together to agree and deliver transport that meets the needs of their area.
• The guidance on appeals has changed and is intended to ensure greater consistency in approach and to be clearer and more transparent for parents and local authorities.
• The policy for post 16 transport is different from that for compulsory school aged children aged 5-16 years.
• Local authorities should review travel policies, arrangements ad contracts regularly to ensure best value for money is achieved.