Guidance

Home-to-school travel: data collection

Guidance for local authorities to complete the data collection.

Applies to England

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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.

Updates to this page

Published 3 February 2025
Last updated 2 February 2026 show all updates
  1. 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. First published.

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