Consultation outcome

Home to school travel and transport guidance

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 25 March 2014
• Last updated: 18 July 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Home to school travel and transport government response

Ref: DFE-00500-2014

PDF, 361 KB, 23 pages

Detail of outcome

This document summarises the results of the consultation and sets out the government’s response.

The statutory guidance ‘Home to school travel and transport statutory guidance’ for local authorities is now available.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on our plans to introduce new guidance about travel and transport to reflect school system changes since 2010.

This consultation ran from
midday on 25 March 2014 to 5pm on 3 June 2014

Consultation description

The law has not changed and the duty to provide home to school transport remains with local authorities. However, the current guidance was published in 2007 and needs to be updated to reflect better the schools system that has developed since 2010.

The new guidance aims to reduce prescription and allow greater freedoms for local authorities to develop transport policies that meet the needs of their areas.

The guidance also sets out a recommended appeals process that is intended to be both clearer, for parents and local authorities, and more independent.

Documents

Home to school transport: consultation document

PDF, 421 KB, 22 pages

Annex 1: case studies

PDF, 80 KB, 3 pages

Annex 2: recommended/review appeals process

PDF, 90 KB, 3 pages

Published 25 March 2014
Last updated 18 July 2014 + show all updates

1. 18 July 2014

   Published government response.

2. 25 March 2014

   First published.