Post-16 travel

All requests for travel assistance for children and young people with an EHCP must have a completed application form. To find out how to access a copy families can contact the Travel Assistance Team at education.transport@slough.gov.uk.

Deadline for applications

There are limited passes available. You can apply for Post 16 Travel Assistance Applications each academic year between the following dates:

• 1 March - 30 September
• 1 - 31 January.

We will consider circumstances of applications outside of these dates where someone’s circumstances changed unexpectedly (eg a house move or drop in income).

Contact education.transport@slough.gov.uk to get the application form.

Appeals

There is a two-stage process for parents who wish to challenge a decision about:

• the travel assistance arrangements offered;
• their child/young person’s eligibility;

Stage one: Review by a senior officer

• A parent/pupil has 20 working days from receipt of the local authority’s home to school travel assistance decision to make a written request asking for a review of the decision.
• The written request should detail why the parent believes the decision should be reviewed and give details of any personal and/or family circumstances the parent believes should be considered when the decision is reviewed.
• Where this is possible, within 20 working days of receipt of the parent/pupil’s written request a senior officer reviews the original decision and sends the parent a detailed written notification of the outcome of their review

Stage two: Review by an independent appeal panel

A parent has 20 working days from receipt of the local authority’s stage one written decision notification to make a written request to escalate the matter to stage two.

Within 40 working days of receipt of the parents request an independent appeal panel considers written and verbal representations from both the parent and officers involved in the case and gives a detailed written notification of the outcome (within 5 working days).