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Why do we need a School Travel Plan?

A School Travel Plan can:

•  Help reduce car travel, danger, congestion and pollution outside your school

•  Help to encourage pupils and staff to walk and cycle in safety and in a more pleasant environment. A school 'safety zone' can transform children's journeys with crossing points, traffic calming and lower speed limits on nearby roads

•  Help to make a bid for funds for facilities like cycle storage and lockers for your school

•  Help to provide road improvements outside your school

•  Help to raise levels of physical and mental health and social well-being in your school

•  Help to focus on travel issues through the curriculum, for example, through Geography, IT, Citizenship and PSHE

•  Help your school get planning permission for new buildings or site changes