The Sustainable Travel Team gives advice and support to all Warwickshire Schools writing or considering writing School Travel Plans.
A School Travel Plan is a document which sets out a package of measures to reduce the number of car trips made to and from school, to promote healthier and more environmentally friendly forms of transport and to improve safety on the school journey.
The need for school travel plans has arisen due to growing concerns over:
- increasing congestion associated with the “school run”
- pupil health concerns and lack of exercise
- children’s reduced opportunities to gain important road sense and independence
- road safety issues and concerns, partly generated by school run related traffic
The government has set a target for all schools in England to have a Travel Plan in place by 2010. Once a school has a Travel Plan approved, the school is also able to access funding to make structural improvements on the School premises. The funding is normally around £5,000 for a Local Authority maintained Primary School and around £10,000 for a Local Authority maintained Secondary School. |  | |