SEND Travel Support
We provide support with travel to and from school for eligible children and young people with a special educational need or disability.
The type of support is based on your child’s individual needs with a view to supporting their independence and getting them to school happy and ready to learn. Support can include a travel pass, independent travel training, personal travel budget or a place on commissioned transport.
You will be able to make a choice alongside us about which method works best for your child to meet their individual needs.
You can find more information on how to apply, who is eligible and more on our dedicated webpage.
Travel Support Review 2025
There is currently a review taking place of the Travel Support Service for eligible children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
The review is not looking to change the Travel Support Policy or the current entitlement to Travel Support.
The purpose of the review is:
- to provide more options for families to fit around their individual circumstances;
- to provide better support for eligible students, especially those making the transition into adulthood;
- to ensure we are getting the most from our resources and best value for money.
We remain fully committed to always provide quality travel support that meets the needs of eligible SEND children and young people. We have recognised that we need to improve how we work to make sure we can continue to best meet student’s needs and aspirations, especially in the light of the challenges all councils face with rising demand and costs for travel support.
Working With You
We know that if improvements are to work well, we need the views of those who use the service day to day. We are still keen to get from parents, carers and children and young people themselves, feedback, and input to further develop improvement plans.
You can read about our engagement journey so far here.
Consultation Complete
Thank you to everyone who attended our consultation events or filled out our online consultation.
We had some great feedback on our proposals and we are pleased to say our cabinet approved us implementing our quick wins! This means the Travel Support offer will soon be expanded to include more money for a personal travel budget as well as the option for independent travel training.
If you want to know more about Personal Travel Budgets, watch this video
If you want to know more about Independent Travel Training, watch this video
We will keep working with our families to make travel support work for everyone as move into the next phase of implementing our quick wins and exploring other options in the travel support world including better route planning and improvements to the application process.