Guidance

Home-to-school travel: data collection

Guidance for local authorities to complete the data collection.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 3 February 2025
• Last updated: 2 February 2026
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  1. 2 February 2026

     Updated to explain how to complete the data collection for home-to-school travel in 2026. Added 'Home-to-school travel: DfE Sign-in guide'.

  2. 3 February 2025

     First published.

Applies to England

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Home-to-school travel: data collection

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Home-to-school travel: DfE Sign-in guide

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Details

The Department for Education (DfE) is collecting data from all local authorities on:

• home-to-school travel for pre-16 pupils
• travel provided for post-16 learners

This guidance is for local authorities to support them in completing the data collection.