Review of the School Transport Scheme – Have your say
- Published: 02 March 2022
The Department of Education has requested IPPN to assist in gathering information from schools regarding the School Transport Scheme. The DE is particularly interested in hearing from school leaders of special schools, but are keen to get input from all types of primary schools. If you would like to submit suggestions and comments regarding School Transport, please consider the following aspects and email them to project@ippn.ie by Wednesday 9 March.
Issues re.
- Advice and guidance for the employment of school bus escorts
- Difficulty in sourcing/retaining school bus escorts
- Special Educational Needs
- - Length of time pupils with special educational needs spend travelling on transport services
- - Issues that arise for children on SEN services where it is advised that the school of attendance is not the closest resourced to meet the child’s needs.
- - length of time required to establish SEN services
Criteria
- Distance criteria - 3.2km at primary level: considered too far for some children/families
- Nearest school criteria – nearest school is not always the parish school. Families may have strong connections to their parish for other things such as sport and community reasons, but the school that is eligible for transport is not their parish school.
- Any other aspects of managing school transport in schools.
