The consultation around changes to Trafford's Home to School Transport Policy has now closed - click here to find out about the responses we received.
Parents are responsible for ensuring that their child of compulsory school age attends school regularly at the appropriate times each day. However, the Council is legally required to provide or pay for eligible children to receive free school transport.
In order to qualify as an eligible child a child must be a resident in the Borough of Trafford and be of compulsory school age. A child ceases to be of compulsory school age on the last Friday in June of the School Year in which s/he reaches 16.
Current Home to School Transport Policy (Until September 2012)
This policy applies to anybody attending a school in Trafford in Academic Year 2011/12. Please click on the link below to view the policy.
School Transport Policy (PDF, 332kb)
Post 16 Home to School Transport (PDF, 407KB)
Home to School Transport Policy (September 2012 onwards)
Trafford Council has reviewed its Home to School transport policy holding a public consultation between the 6th June and 13th July 2011. On 25th July a report consolidating all the responses from the public and interested organisations was discussed at the Council Executive meeting with agreement to accept the new Home to School Transport Policy which will come into effect from 1st September 2012.
Detail from the policy has been included in the Composite Prospectus which is published by the School Admissions Department every September for new parents.
http://www.trafford.gov.uk/educationandlearning/schooladmissions/
A copy of the new Home to School Transport policy can be viewed by clicking on the link below
Trafford Home to School Transport Policy (PDF, 889KB)
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Home to School Transport - Trafford Transport Provision
TTP's Home to School Transport Service provides daily transport to and from School for approximately 700 Special Needs Pupils resident within Trafford, attending Special Schools, both in the Borough and further afield when their Educational Needs cannot be met locally.
Trafford Transport provision (TTP) supports the local community by procuring these transport services from local taxi, minibus and coach companies, and works closely with The Vehicle
Operating Standards Agency (VOSA) and Trafford's Licensing Department to monitor driver and vehicle licensing and quality standards.
Where appropriate pupils are accompanied by Escorts employed and trained by the Authority.
If you require any advice or information regarding the Home to School transport service contact the TTP team using any of the methods below:
Email: ttp@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 5055
Fax: 0161 912 5077
If you are a school, service provider or a parent who feels that a child you know would benefit from Home to School transport on grounds of their SEN please complete the referral forms below and send to the SEN Team directly for processing. If Transport is approved, the SEN Team will then contact TTP in order for them to make the necessary arrangements.
Online Transport SARF - Coming soon
Please print off the below form for completion.
SARF Paper Form Fill (PDF, 65.1kb)
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