Surrey County Council and Family Voice Surrey have recently published a guide to Home to School Transport. The guide is for you as a parent or carer whose child may be eligible for home to school transport under the Council’s travel assistance policy.
It includes essential information about the home to school travel service, what you should expect and how you can help Surrey in your application for travel assistance, to enable your child to have a successful journey.
The full policy is available on the Surrey County Council’s website:
AGES 16-25 – www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/transport/16-
plus/travel-assistance-policy-for-post-16
A more comprehensive user guide is also available on Surrey Council’s website – www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/transport
The guide from Surrey County Council and Family Voice Surrey includes:
1 What is home to school transport?
2 Is my child eligible for home to school transport?
3 How to apply?
4 When to apply?
5 When to reapply?
6 When will we hear back?
7 What type of travel assistance is provided?
8 Is a passenger assistant provided?
9 Other educational placements
10 Journey times
11 Independent Travel Training (ITT)
12 What you can expect from the Local Authority
13 Top tips to make home to school transport a success
14 Safeguarding and reporting an onboard incident
15 The appeal process
16 How to contact us
17 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs
The official Surrey County Council and Family Voice Surrey guide can be found here: Parent guide to travel assistance (surreylocaloffer.org.uk)
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