About our home to school and college travel assistance policies consultation.

Consultation closes: 22 April 2021

CBC can provide transport assistance to pupils of school age and those attending post-16 education, where they meet certain criteria. The home to school or college travel assistance policies for Central Bedfordshire are being reviewed. As part of this, they have held a number of listening events for parents, carers and professionals, and the feedback highlighted a number of improvements that could be made to ensure they are clearer and fairer.

They’ve considered the feedback and efforts have been made to create updated draft policies that are consistent and concise, where the eligibility criteria for home to school transport is clear to the reader. In reviewing the policies, CBC have closely followed Department for Education (DfE) guidance and looked at policies from other local authorities.

Any changes to the policies will come into effect for the September 2022 intake of pupil admissions.

How we’re consulting

Anyone can respond to the consultation. Please view or download the consultation document (PDF), which we encourage you to read before responding.