Objective - Brighton & Hove City Council



Primary and Secondary School Travel Plans

Possible measures/initiatives/actions to include in your Action Plan

These are some ideas for measures that you can use to help achieve the objectives and targets you have set in your School Travel Action Plan.

Links to these resources and ideas can be found on the council web pages. All the resources and services offered by BHCC are free of charge to schools within the city:

brighton-.uk/schooltravel

brighton-.uk/parksafe

brighton-.uk/schooltravelplans

|Measure/initiative/action |Contacts/ links/resources/ideas |

|Promoting walking | |

|Take part in Walk to School Week each May and Walk to School Month each |School Travel provides resources to help you support Walk to School. |

|October. |Order forms are sent out well in advance or contact the School Travel |

| |Team. |

| | |

| |For more ideas and help see these web pages: |

| |Walking to School and Living Streets’ Walk to School |

|Walking Zone Map - Customise a Walking Zone Map centred on your school to |Ask the School Travel Team whether there is a Walking Zone Map for your|

|show 5, 10 and 15 minute walking zones with local information collected from |school and guidance to help your customise it. Walking zone pack |

|pupils, parents and staff. | |

|Walk once a Week (WoW) – a walking incentive scheme. There is a cost to this.|Living Streets WoW |

|Join Living Streets campaigns aimed at secondary school |Campaign aimed at secondary schools |

|Book a child pedestrian training course (Yrs 1 & 3) |Training and resources |

|Curriculum and education |Walk4Life |

|Promotion and campaigns |Living Streets’ Walk to School |

|Provide a shelter for parents/carers/pupils, so they can shelter if it is |Example suppliers: Falco, External Solutions |

|raining | |

|Provide storage for buggies – if you have nursery classes |Example suppliers: Falco, External Solutions |

|Set a virtual walking challenge or race with another local school or on the |Walk4Life challenge resources |

|other side of the world | |

|Set up a pedometer challenge |British Heart Foundation resources |

|Park & Stride | |

|Create a Walking Zone around your school using a Walking Zone Map to |This pack gives information about how to set up a Walking zone around |

|encourage parents to park further away from the school gate and to promote |your school. |

|walking to school | |

| |Ask the School Travel Team whether there is a Walking Zone Map for your|

| |school. |

|Promotion and campaigns |‘Try Park & Stride’ banners and posters are available to borrow from |

| |the School Travel Team |

|Promote ‘park and stride’ sites where parents can park away from the school |Park & Stride pack |

|site and walk the remainder of the journey, to ease congestion at the school | |

|site | |

|Tackling parking issues | |

|Parking enforcement |Tackling parking issues – enforcement |

|Changing behaviour – run a Park Safe, Walk Safe Campaign – or use elements |Park Safe Walk Safe |

|from it to tackle particular issues with regards parking at your school | |

|Promotion of ‘considerate’ parking |‘Considerate’ parking banners are available to borrow and display |

| |outside your school. |

| | |

| |Include this postcard in your newsletter/on your school website Park |

| |safe, Walk safe postcard |

| |Contact the School Travel Team to request hard copies and/or banners. |

|Parking Restrictions - inform parents about what different parking |Further information you can give to parents: |

|restrictions really mean. |Know your parking restrictions |

|School Keep Clears - inform parents about what School Keep Clears really mean|Further information you can give to parents: |

|& why they are there |School Keep Clears |

| | |

| |School Keep Clear banners are available to borrow and display outside |

| |your school. |

| | |

| |Include this postcard in your newsletter/on your school website School |

| |Keep Clear Postcard. Contact the School Travel Team to request hard |

| |copies and/or banners. |

|New parents/pupils | |

|‘How do you travel to school?’ booklet – give to new parents in new parents’ |‘How do you travel to school?’ booklet pdf |

|packs before their children start school. Commit to doing this annually. |You can also order hard copies - School Travel send out order forms for|

| |these each April/May for your new reception parents. Or contact the |

| |School Travel Team |

|Ask new parents to read/agree and to/sign a Travel to School Agreement |Example Travel to School agreement |

|This can be done with the whole school initially, and then with each new |Personalise this for your school/your schools’ issues |

|intake. | |

|Transition to secondary school | |

|Provide transition cycle training for year 6 pupils, so they are prepared for|Bikeability cycle training Level 3 training |

|the journey to secondary school |Contact Bike-It Ben - Ben.Sherratt@.uk |

|Promote safe and active travel to 11-18 year olds |Sustrans Moving Up resource |

|Promoting scooting | |

|Provide scooter training for younger pupils (Yr 2) |Information about Scootability training. Contact the School Travel Team|

| |to book a course. |

|Provide scooter storage |Example supplier: Scooterpods, External Solutions |

|Promote safe and considerate scooting to school |Scooter guidance, a poster and ‘scooting to school’ factsheet |

|Promoting cycling | |

|Introduce / increase the number of children attending |Details of how to book Bikeability cycle training courses for pupils |

|Bikeability cycle training (Yrs 5 & 6) | |

|Promotion and campaigns |Promoting cycling ideas and resources |

|Organise family bike maintenance training |Contact local cycle training providers e.g. M’s Cycles |

|Develop/ review a ‘Cycle to school policy’ |Examples available from the School Travel Team or search the internet. |

|Hold a ‘cycle focus’ day or week, maybe providing a free breakfast for |Bike to School Week – a step by step guide |

|cyclists | |

|Get ideas from the Sustrans “Pedal Pack” |Promoting cycling using the Pedal Pack, Sustrans |

|Provide transition training for year 6 pupils, so they are prepared for the |Bikeability cycle training Level 3 training |

|journey to secondary school |Contact Bike-It Ben - Ben.Sherratt@.uk |

|Negotiate discounts with local cycle shops | |

|Increase cycle storage / changing facilities for staff |Example suppliers: Falco, External Solutions |

|Investigate cycle training for staff |Contact local cycle training providers e.g. M’s Cycles |

|Publicise the Tax Free Bike Scheme to staff |For BHCC: Staff Travel section of The Wave |

|Public Transport | |

|Promote bus travel information |Bus Information |

|Bus stop provision |Council’s Public Transport Team on 01273 292480 |

|Provide ‘bus buddies’ for younger pupils starting at the school | |

|Develop a Bus Behaviour Code |Search the internet for examples |

|Ensure public transport information is widely available for parents, staff |JourneyOn and Bus Information |

|and visitors | |

|Make staff and pupils aware of public transport discount schemes |For BHCC: Staff Travel section of The Wave |

| |Brighton & Hove buses BusID |

|Car sharing | |

|Promotion of car sharing - formal |Explore organisations like Liftshare |

|Allocation of car share spaces for staff/ pupils who car share | |

|Identify parents/staff who could share the school run, and put them in | |

|contact with each other | |

|Encourage car sharing through newsletters | |

|Ensure that staff consider car sharing when going to training events | |

|Have a “meeting free” day to enable staff to car share | |

|Road safety | |

|Sign up for Road Safety events |Eg Brake Road Safety Week, or events organised by the council’s Road |

| |SafetyTeam |

|Incorporate road safety education into the curriculum |Road safety resources for children and teenagers and road safety |

| |resources for schools |

|Hold a road safety focused week |Road safety resources for children and teenagers and road safety |

| |resources for schools |

|Liaise with the Road Safety Team to see what is available in terms of theatre|Road.safety@brighton-.uk |

|in education and resources | |

|Have a road safety themed assembly once a term / annually |Road safety resources for children and teenagers and road safety |

| |resources for schools |

|Improve paths for pedestrians and/or cyclists within the school grounds | |

|General | |

|Publicity and continued promotion of safe, active and sustainable school |School Travel, School Travel Plans, Park safe, Walk safe resources. |

|travel |Promote JourneyOn travel planner |

|Staff and Visitors: put information on your website about sustainable travel |Promote JourneyOn travel planner |

|option, such as, bus and train services and stops, cycle parking provision | |

|and asking for no visits / deliveries at school opening / closing times | |

|Highlight current travel issues in your school’s newsletters/ text and web | |

|site | |

|Incorporate safe, active and sustainable travel issues into the curriculum |Lesson plan ideas |

|e.g. pollution, climate change, health | |

|Liaise with neighbouring schools to tackle problems jointly | |

|Partnership working with local Health Centre / Police / LATs / Residents’ | |

|Associations | |

|School Travel Plan implementation - measures for writing/reviewing your STP | |

|Further develop you STP Working Group to share the tasks and help review the | |

|STP | |

|Review STP Action Plan annually with a full review at least every 3 years | |

|Include STP items on the agenda for School Council/Eco Council etc meetings | |

|Establish an STP notice board where relevant info about the STP and travel | |

|information can be displayed | |

|Put the STP on the school website – and send parents the link | |

|Create a STP summary to send to parents as a leaflet and/or include on the | |

|school's website | |

|Promote the STP to staff and pupils | |

|Include the STP in School Council meetings / Eco Council meetings | |

|Make the STP an item at the School Governor’s Annual General Meeting | |

School Travel Team: road.safety@brighton-.uk or call (01273) 292357

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