How Will It Help?
A School Travel Plan will help to:
- Monitor the ways in which your pupils are getting to school
- Monitor pupils' safety, health and well-being
- Reduce the number of cars coming to your school and improve the health and fitness of pupils
- Provide funding and support for safety and environmental improvements around your school
- Encourage positive links with parents, governors, businesses and the wider community
- Provide exciting curriculum opportunities through engagement with a 'real' issue eg. Geography, Numeracy, Citizenship, PSHE, PE and English
- Enhance your School Improvement Plan and impress OFSTED!
- Gain awards: Developing a School Travel Plan will enable you to be eligible for:
- Department for Education and Skills School Travel Plan Grant (worth around £5,000 for primaries and £10,000 for secondaries) - Devon TravelWise Award - work your way from Bronze to Platinum and receive prizes along the way! - Healthy Schools Award - Ecoschools Green Flag Award - Other national travel awards |  |
