We offer home to school travel support for children and young people who have SEND, disabilities or medical conditions.
If you already receive travel support
Contact the passenger transport team if you have travel support in place and need help with:
- your child's transport being late
- how to cancel travel on the day
- personal travel allowance payments
- mileage allowance payments
Find out
how to get in touch with passenger transport.
Types of travel support
The support available will depend on your child's needs and your family circumstances.
We may also offer travel support to parents or guardians of primary school aged children who have a recognised disability.
A bus pass
Your child may be eligible for a bus pass to travel to school. We may also offer parents or carers a monthly bus pass to travel with them.
A bus pass can help prepare children and young people for independence and adulthood.
Independent Travel Training
Mileage allowance
You may be able to get a mileage allowance for 2 daily return journeys to and from school.
For every mile travelled, 50p will be reimbursed along the shortest driving route. A mileage allowance gives you the freedom to take your child to and from school using your own car.
Personal travel allowance
A personal travel allowance lets you organise your child's transport where we cover the cost up front.
For example, this could cover the cost of journeys with your preferred taxi company or a journey needing both a taxi and bus travel. You could also make arrangements with family members or other parents to take your child to school.
We may sometimes contact you if your child is eligible for help with travel and ask you to consider a personal allowance. We only offer this if it is best for the child, the family and us.
A taxi or shared minibus
Your child may be able to use a taxi or minibus with or without a passenger assistant. This would depend on your child's needs.
Reception to Year 11
Check to see if your child meets the eligibility criteria in the
Children’s Services Transport Policy.
If a child has an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP) it does not mean that they can automatically receive transport help.
Young people aged over 16
We offer eligible young people in post 16 learning a free bus pass where possible. If they need further support, we offer daily travel support to help young people travel to college.
Check to see if your child meets the criteria in the
Children’s Services Transport Policy.
We also offer
independent travel training where young people are given a free bus pass and a dedicated travel buddy.
How to apply
If you think that your child is eligible
after reading the transport policy, you should complete an online application form.
Children and young people of school age between reception and Year 11 (and those attending a SILC post-16) can apply for support using the school travel application form.
Apply for SEND travel assistance for schoolExternal link
Young people aged over 16 who are attending a college can apply for support using the home to college travel application form.
Apply for SEND travel assistance for collegeExternal link
If you cannot use our forms, help is available
If you cannot use our forms, help is available. Email send.transportapplications@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 535 1990 and an officer will help you complete the online form on your behalf over the phone, and will advise you of the next steps.
We aim to contact you within 15 working days of receiving your completed application form. If a child is eligible for travel support, it may take a further 15 working days for this to be put in place.
