Two items that have hit the news today regarding travel to and from school.
- Firstly, The government is putting £10m into children's cycling, which will pay for around half of all 10-year-olds to take the Bikeability course. (Bikeability being the new trendy word for cycling proficiency!) Read information here
- Secondly, free bus travel to secondary schools is to be extended. From 2008, an estimated 135,000 children on free school meals will be offered free transport to one of three nearest secondary schools within a two to six mile radius, the Department for Education and Skills says. The idea of this is to stop transport costs pricing low income homes out of popular schools. Information on this here
