Further details can also be found on the following website: 5.0 Pupils/ Students with ALN The home to school transport policy for pupils with ALN is currently being developed and will be distributed under separate cover. 6.0 Dual Residency Free transport is usually provided to/from one address for a pupil. Dual Residency means a leaner who has more than one home (ordinary place of residence). This provision applies to learners who’s parents are not living together with the leaner living partly with each parent, or with a parent and other carer, foster placement etc. a learner has dual residence, both places of residence should be regarded as the learner’s ordinary residence. If a learner lives at more than two such places then only those two places nearest to their school will qualify. 7.0 Learner Travel Arrangements A route is considered to be available if it is safe for a child to walk alone or, if appropriate for the age of the child, with an accompanying adult. It is recognised that occasions may arise when routes may become hazardous. In these circumstances, the Council reserves the right to provide free home to school transport for distances below the discretionary limits if this is recommended by appropriate officers in the interests of the safety of the relevant learners. In determining the comparative safety of a walking the Council will conduct an assessment of the risks that escorting parents/carers and children might encounter along the route between home and school. As a matter of course, these routes will be reviewed annually and such provision will be withdrawn where the identified hazard has been mitigated and the route identified as available to walk safety. Parents will be given one term advance notice of the withdrawal of discretionary transport. The Council will assess the learner travel needs of their area for the following academic year. In making the assessment, the Council will have regard in particular to: the of learners who are disabled persons, the needs of learners with learning difficulties, the needs of leaners who are children looked after, or formerly looked after, by the Local Authority, the age of learners, and the nature of the routes which leaners could reasonably be expected to take to the relevant places where they receive education or training. With regard to (e) route designation is carried out in accordance with the risk assessment procedure as detailed in the Leaner Travel Statutory Provision and Operational Guidance June 2014.
Further details can also be found on the following website: 5.0 Pupils/ Students with ALN The home to school transport policy for pupils with ALN is currently being developed and will be distributed under separate cover. 6.0 Dual Residency Free transport is usually provided to/from one address for a pupil. Dual Residency means a leaner who has more than one home (ordinary place of residence). This provision applies to learners who’s parents are not living together with the leaner living partly with each parent, or with a parent and other carer, foster placement etc. a learner has dual residence, both places of residence should be regarded as the learner’s ordinary residence. If a learner lives at more than two such places then only those two places nearest to their school will qualify. 7.0 Learner Travel Arrangements A route is considered to be available if it is safe for a child to walk alone or, if appropriate for the age of the child, with an accompanying adult. It is recognised that occasions may arise when routes may become hazardous. In these circumstances, the Council reserves the right to provide free home to school transport for distances below the discretionary limits if this is recommended by appropriate officers in the interests of the safety of the relevant learners. In determining the comparative safety of a walking the Council will conduct an assessment of the risks that escorting parents/carers and children might encounter along the route between home and school. As a matter of course, these routes will be reviewed annually and such provision will be withdrawn where the identified hazard has been mitigated and the route identified as available to walk safety. Parents will be given one term advance notice of the withdrawal of discretionary transport. The Council will assess the learner travel needs of their area for the following academic year. In making the assessment, the Council will have regard in particular to: the of learners who are disabled persons, the needs of learners with learning difficulties, the needs of leaners who are children looked after, or formerly looked after, by the Local Authority, the age of learners, and the nature of the routes which leaners could reasonably be expected to take to the relevant places where they receive education or training. With regard to (e) route designation is carried out in accordance with the risk assessment procedure as detailed in the Leaner Travel Statutory Provision and Operational Guidance June 2014.
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