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Statutory guidance: Home-to-school travel

Department For Education

January 25
16:00 2024

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This statutory guidance applies to local authorities.

It may also be of interest to:

  • schools
  • parents and organisations that advise parents
  • other organisations involved in home-to-school travel (for example, transport operators)

Statutory guidance sets out what local authorities must do to comply with the law. You should follow the guidance unless you have a very good reason not to.

Published 18 July 2014
Last updated 25 January 2024 +show all updates
  1. Updated the guidance to make minor clarifications. This includes updates about schools that arrange home-to-school travel for their pupils, children with education, health and care plans, and how local authorities should determine a childs nearest school.

  2. The statutory guidance has been updated to help local authorities perform their functions in relation to home to school travel for children of compulsory school age.

  3. Extended the review date to 2017.

  4. First published.

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