Safer travel to school

We work with Sustrans to promote sustainable travel to school. Walking, cycling or scooting to school promotes a healthy lifestyle to children.

Benefits include:

• walking to school prepares children with basic life skills they need such as personal safety and road safety skills – Think!
• fewer cars on the road, making the roads around school a safer place for pedestrians
• children learn about the combat to prevent climate change is to walk to school, where it is shown that we can all make a difference – make a difference by walking to school, leaving the car at home and finding out what else we're doing to help climate change
• the NHS guidance on physical activity for children and young people – NHS recommends that children should aim for 60 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity a day across the week

School travel plans

A school travel plan is a useful tool for managing how children travel to school. They set out measures to promote walking, cycling, taking the bus or car sharing to and from school.

Along with local police, schools and parents we are seeking to reduce the use of cars for the school journey to provide a safer environment around schools for children in Luton.

School travel plans are written and managed online through the national award scheme Modeshift STARS.

The school gain accreditation for the work they do to increase the modal shift from the car to walking, cycling and scooting.

We are the leading authority in Bedfordshire for school accreditation and have been the first authority in Bedfordshire to have a gold level school.

For more information on Modeshift STARS:

Email: roadsafety@luton.gov.uk

School crossing patrols 

You can request a school crossing patrol:

Email: roadsafety@luton.gov.uk

We will survey the location to see if it meets the national set criteria, which includes a vehicle and pedestrian count based on traffic volume and the child pedestrians crossing it.

Become a school crossing patrol

We have vacancies for school crossing patrols at various locations throughout the borough. 

The job is term time only and will be provided with full training and uniform. 

Email: roadsafety@luton.gov.uk
Telephone: 01582 546000 

Stopping at a school crossing patrol

Failing to stop when asked to so by a school crossing patrol is both dangerous and illegal. 

Motorists are bound by the 1984 Road Traffic Act to stop for a school crossing patrol. We will investigate all reported incidents of motorists not stopping and report the offence to Bedfordshire Police.