Consultation on home to school or college travel arrangements

Overview

Camden Council’s draft ‘Home to school or college travel arrangements policy’ describes the arrangements for all students up to the age of 18, and for young people with special educational needs and / or disabilities up to the age of 25. The document acknowledges the recommendations made in the Department for Education guidance on home to school travel and transport.

Currently Camden is spending just over £2.6 million a year on transport for 275 children to travel to schools in Camden and out of borough (including to residential schools).

Why your views matter

Feedback is invited from parents, young people and professionals on the draft policy.We welcome comments on all aspects of the amended draft policy content, on whether the document is well laid out and on whether the content is clear and easy to understand.

We would particularly welcome feedback on the following areas where we are proposing amendments to the existing policy:

• Changes to help offered for travel to school for under 5s (Section 4.3)
• Post-16 Transport to Education and Training (Sections 4.7 and 5.9-11)
• Changes to the appeals process (Section 11).

What happens next

The Council will take into account all the feedback received.

The updated 'Home to school or college travel arrangements' policy will be published by 31st May 2016.