Home to School Travel & Transport Policy Review

Developing students' independence and confidence to travel on their own whilst supporting families to get their children to school is very important to us. Some students or families are eligible for help with travel to and from school and the council have a duty to support them.

Thurrock's highly successful growth and regeneration programme has led to an increase in our population. As a result of this, there is an increased number of school-aged children who live in Thurrock, many of whom are eligible for assistance with travel or transport. The cost of such assistance is increasing at an unsustainable rate.

Thurrock Council wants to work with our community to develop methods that increase independence and confidence in our children whilst reducing the cost to our community. We would like your views on the proposed changes to our Home to School Travel and Transport policy and the potential impact this has on you and members of your community. This consultation will help to gather environmentally-friendly travel solutions that will work for children, families and communities.

Information gathered from this consultation will contribute to the drafting of a Home to School Travel and Transport policy that will help to support and develop independence in our children and sustainable travel within our community.