Decision details
*re-published: call-in no longer applies* Home to School Transport Policy
Decision Maker: Executive Member for Education, Learning & Skills
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
To approve public consultation on proposed changes to the Home to
School Transport Policy as follows:
• Proposal 1: Mainstream transport provision will only be
given to eligible children and young people attending the catchment
school or the nearest school to the permanent home address
• Proposal 2: Remove free arrangement for second home address
or introduce full cost recovery of a second transport
assistance
• Proposal 3: The Local authority will collect from the
curtilage of any highway or road which consists of or comprises a
made-up carriageway* unless a SEND, Medical or Mobility need
requires a direct door to door collection
• Proposal 4: Removal of the current Rising 5 arrangement and
confirm transport eligibility to commence from the September start
of reception year
• Proposal 5: To adopt a single charge for all Discretionary
Transport
• Proposal 6: Introduce a £30 fee for Replacement school
transport Bus Passes
• Proposal 7: Introduction an application process for Home to
School Transport
Reasons for the decision:
*PLEASE NOTE This decision was originally
published on or near the date of the decision and so call in no
longer applies. It has been re-published as part of the change in
committee management system that we use.*
Following the 2018 policy change in which the focus was to
realigned SEND transport with
Mainstream, a number of suggestions and comments were submitted in
regards to how and
what the Council provides in regards to home to school transport.
The Home to School Transport policy must be compliant with
legislation but also ensure that transport or assistance to those
who are eligible under that Statutory Duty aligns with budgetary
allocations going forward.
The purpose of the consultation on a number of proposed changes it
to ensure that the Home to School Transport policy remains fit for
purpose, and provides a sustainable framework for transport into
the future.
Publication date: 14/04/2021
Date of decision: 12/03/2019