Halton Council eyes changes to school SEND transport

Halton Council eyes changes to school SEND transport

A consultation is set to be launched on reshaping the borough's 'home to school and college' transport arrangements for SEND children.

Proposed consultation around Home to School Transport

​The Council will always ensure that every child or young person who is eligible under its statutory duty to receive support to travel to school, gets this support. However, providing specialist transport is expensive and in recent years we’ve seen a huge rise in the number of SEND pupils needing specialist transport to get to school. At the moment, the service the Council provides, often goes beyond its statutory requirements, but with rising t…