Changes to travel assistance from 1 September 2025

The Council’s Cabinet on 25 November 2025 approved a revised Home to School Transport Policy and Annual Post 16 Transport Policy Statement, to be implemented in September 2025.  These are five key changes to travel assistance: 

  • for pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan on roll at an Additionally Resourced Provision, Special Educational Needs Unit or Special Schools;
  • for pupils attending a secondary school with a designated religious character where they have been chosen on the grounds of religion or belief;
  • for pupils attending Alternative Provision on part-time timetables;
  • for post 16 students with an Education Health and Care Plan; and,
  • for post students in mainstream education who do not have an Education Health and Care Plan

Home to school transport policy from Sept 2025