School Travel Plans
School Travel Plans can help promote and identify ways to encourage more walking, cycling and using public transport to reduce car use.
A School Travel Plan is an evolving document produced and supported by the whole school community. It sets out practical measures or initiatives for improving children's safety on the school journey and for reducing the number of car trips made to a school or group of schools.
The following toolkit is designed to help you write the travel plan.
The Toolkit
It's recommended you use the following resources when creating and reviewing your Travel Plan.
- Travel Plan Guidance
- Appendix 1: Site Audit
- Appendix 2: Parent Survey
- Appendix 3: Hands Up Survey
- Appendix 4: Staff Survey
- Appendix 5: Template Letter to Parents
- Appendix 6: Example Cycling Policy
- School Travel Plan Template
- School Travel Plan Review Template
The following spreadsheets can help you to analyse the data for your travel plan.
Reviewing your Travel Plan provides opportunities to celebrate your successes, readdress travel issues and evaluate your work so far.
Activities and Lesson Plans
There are also a number of lesson plans and activities available for you to use, which includes the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Classroom Exercises recommended for use in the Travel Plan Guidance.
School Travel Plans can help promote and identify ways to encourage more walking, cycling and using public transport to reduce car use.
A School Travel Plan is an evolving document produced and supported by the whole school community. It sets out practical measures or initiatives for improving children's safety on the school journey and for reducing the number of car trips made to a school or group of schools.
Continue readingThe following toolkit is designed to help you write the travel plan.
It's recommended you use the following resources when creating and reviewing your Travel Plan.
- Travel Plan Guidance
- Appendix 1: Site Audit
- Appendix 2: Parent Survey
- Appendix 3: Hands Up Survey
- Appendix 4: Staff Survey
- Appendix 5: Template Letter to Parents
- Appendix 6: Example Cycling Policy
- School Travel Plan Template
- School Travel Plan Review Template
The following spreadsheets can help you to analyse the data for your travel plan.
Reviewing your Travel Plan provides opportunities to celebrate your successes, readdress travel issues and evaluate your work so far.
Activities and Lesson Plans
There are also a number of lesson plans and activities available for you to use, which includes the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Classroom Exercises recommended for use in the Travel Plan Guidance.