School active travel policy

School active travel policy

About this activity

Suitable for all schools and nurseries.

B: We’re bringing together all the TfL education programmes, including STARS, under one exciting new umbrella programme called TfL Travel for Life. They will be the same great programmes but with a new name and a new look, easier online process and dedicated support team. STARS for primary schools will be renamed TfL Explorers. STARS for secondary schools will be renamed TfL Pioneers

Make safe and active travel part of your school's strategic plans. This will help to engrain TfL Travel for Life into the school's ethos, highlighting that sustainable and active travel is a key part of school life.

You could:

  • Create an active travel policy and get this signed off by your head teacher
  • Within your policy include the environmental and health benefits of active travel including air quality
  • Add your school travel targets and plans to your School Improvement Plan to help raise the profile of your work towards accreditation

How to evidence your activity

  • Record the feedback from your governors, senior leadership team and other staff
  • Sign in to TfL Travel for Life to add your story. Explain your activity and include copies of your travel policy, strategic plans and School Improvement Plan

Activity steps

1
Involve your borough officer
Speak to you borough officer about your options for including active travel in your school’s future strategic planning
2
Get strategic
Include TfL Travel for Life as an agenda item at governors’ and senior leadership meetings and discuss how you'd like to make safe and active travel part of the school’s strategic plans
3
Check for success
Is safe and active travel now a feature in the school’s wider strategy? Has it had an impact on the school’s collective attitude towards travel to and from school?
4
Tell your story
Add your story to the TfL Travel for Life website and feedback to your borough officer

Tags

  • Consultation

This activity counts towards:

  • Consultation

How it helps

  • Supports gold accreditation
  • Promotes active travel at leadership level

Resources

Useful links, templates and case studies to support this activity