Included are various new requirements. For example schools must provide secure cycle storage and lockers, appropriate bus shelters etc; geography, PSHE, citizenship lessons will be used to explain the benefits of sustainable travel; and work will take place with children with special educational needs to prepare them for independent travel wherever possible.
Paul Osborne, Sustrans Safe Routes to Schools Director, responded positively to the action plan by saying: "Every child should have the right to a safe and healthy route to school and this is a significant step forward."
- For more information,visit the following sites:
SAFEST ROUTES TO SCHOOLS - Website: www.saferoutestoschools.org.uk
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