Cheshire County Council - School Travel Plan Grants

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School Travel Plan Grants

Teachers Information

The Council's approach to promoting Safer Routes to School is to make the environment safer so that the additional risks of walking and cycling as opposed to being carried in a car are minimised. To help schools work towards this goal, funds are available to pay for minor improvements in and around the school.

school children with their new cycle storage

Financing your School Travel Plan

Be realistic when developing your school travel plan. Many initiatives within the plan will be free to implement. ‘Pester power’ can be a very effective way of getting the message home.

However, if there is to be a cost to your scheme, you can apply for funding from central government through the usual process of 'Devolved Formula Capital'. For further information on financing your school travel plan please visit the TeacherNet website.

Department for Transport (Dft) / Department for Education and Skills (DfES) (School grounds capital money) available until 2008.

Typically £5,000 for a primary school (£3,750 + £5 per pupil)
Typically £10,000 for a secondary school (£5,000 + £5 per pupil)

Note: Voluntary Aided Schools receive 90% of the funding

Permitted Expenditure

1. Lockers.
2. Cycle storage.
3. Scooter storage.
4. New access at school perimeter, only if it is on school land.
5. New path for pedestrians and/or cyclists in school grounds.
6. Wider paths in the school grounds.
7. Drainage.
8. Improved lighting in school grounds.
9. CCTV.
10. On site waiting area for pedestrians.
11. On site shelter for pedestrians (e.g. parents waiting, pupils waiting for school buses in the school).
12. Bus turning circle in school grounds.
13. Guardrail.
14. Traffic calming on school access roads in school grounds.
15. New signing.
16. Re-siting school fences to improve access.
17. Car drop zones/Bus turning circles/Remote control entry system for a pedestrian gate.
18. Trees to ‘eat’ CO2.
19. Providing a laminated cycle ‘passport’ with a swipe-in chip for the secure store.
20. Wet weather changing facilities, but not items such as hairdryers unless incidental to larger project.
21. Showers

Not Permitted

1. Seed money to start off a breakfast club.
2. Cycle training courses when the instructors have to be paid and/or training of instructors.
3. Cycle repair workshop equipment.
4. Buying in expertise for STP-related issues.
5. Staff time, e.g. supervision at ‘park and stride’ drop-off points, attending STP working groups, input into STP activities such as car-share clubs.
6. Extra responsibility points for teachers championing STPs.
7. Publicity and promotional resources.
8. Tabards for walking bus escorts/passengers.
9. Trolleys for (walking bus) bags.
10. Software - for mapping and surveys etc.
11. Subsidised bike lights/helmets/hi viz/locks for people cycling to school.
12. Markings to rationalise parking or improve safety of pupils in the vicinity of cars; unless part of larger project.
13. Active play equipment.