School & Post 16 Travel Assistance – please apply before the 30 June 2024!
Telford & Wrekin Council looks to parents and carers to make arrangements for their (child)ren and young people to travel safely to their allocated school and/or post 16 provider, where possible.
If you are unable to transport your child or young person and you meet eligibility criteria listed on the council’s website, the council can provide travel assistance.
If you are applying for your travel assistance from September 2024, all applications must be received by the council by 30 June 2024.
Applications received after this date cannot guarantee that travel training or travel assistance will be in place for the start of the new term.
When will travel arrangements be in place?
The council aims put travel arrangements in place by the start of the new term, however, they can only start making arrangements after all applications are received on 30 June. Please submit your application as soon as possible. You will receive notification of travel arrangements before the start of the new term.
If my child/young person already have travel assistance do I need to re-apply?
You will only need to re-apply in the following circumstances:
If you have moved house since you initially applied or your child is moving school, as your eligibility could have changed.
Parents/carers for children over the age of 16 must re-apply for assisted travel every academic year. If you received travel assistance for your young person in a post 16 setting this year you will be notified this by email.
How to apply:
You can submit your application NOW on the council's website and transport platform - School Travel Assistance (telford.gov.uk)
In order to submit an application, you will be required to login to your account or if you haven’t used the system before create a new account online. If you already have an email address registered with the council, please use this email when creating an account, this will help the council to link your existing travel assistance arrangements with your new account.
Once you have created an account and submitted your application, you will receive regular notifications on your application progress, you can log on at any point to see the progress. If you need support in creating a new account, please call 01952 384545 (Monday to Friday, 7.15am-5pm)
