Issue - meetings

Recommendations

That the Executive considers the report and proposes to adopt a new home to school travel policy including consideration of each of the following recommendations to Full Council:

i)                 to retain this extended eligibility in reception year as part of the future travel policy.

ii)                to retain this extended eligibility in Year 3 as part of the future travel policy.

iii)              to remove transport assistance to second address as part of the future travel policy.

iv)              to remove travel assistance to children attending designated religious character primary schools as part of the future travel policy.

v)               a proposal that travel on transition is assessed on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the EHCP as part of the future policy.

vi)              amend the criterion to match the statutory requirement, meaning that in future eligibility on catchment grounds would no longer apply as part of the future travel policy.

vii)             use its discretionary powers to extend the eligibility for travel assistance for secondary age pupils from low income families to attend one of their three nearest suitable schools provided it is more than 2 miles but not more than 12 miles (an increase from 6 miles) from their home as part of the future travel policy.