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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Travel Plan

June 2018

Project Code: 03615

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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Travel Plan

Version Control and Approval

Version Date Main Contributor Issued by Approved by

A 27 June 2018 AW CS ME

B 28 June 2018 AW CS ME

Prepared for

Paul Madia

Principal

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Bray’s Lane

Coventry

CV2 4DW

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Contents

Section Page

1 Background 5

1.2 Report structure 5

2 Introduction 6

2.1 Working Group 7

3 Travel & Transport Infrastructure 8

4 STARS Routes to School Audit 10

5 Surveys 11

5.1 Pupil Survey Results 11

5.2 Pupil Survey Comments 11

5.3 Staff Survey Results 12

5.4 Targets due this academic year 12

6 Consultations 13

7 Travel & Transport Issues 14

8 Actions 16

8.1 Planned Actions 16

8.2 Completed Actions 17

9 Sign off & Formal Approval 18

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Appendices

Appendix A Getting Accredited – How to achieve Modeshift Stars 2018 19

Appendix B Modeshift STARS – Guide to the Initiatives & Consultation 20

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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 5 Travel Plan

1 Background

1.1.1 Phil Jones Associates (PJA) has been commissioned to produce a School Travel Plan for Sacred Heart Catholic

Primary School in Coventry to satisfy planning conditions attached to an application for a nursery school as

part of the school.

1.1.2 It is understood that Coventry City Council (CCC) utilise the Modeshift STARS travel plan system which

facilitates the submission and ongoing management of school travel plans within an online system. Schools

are able to upload background information about the school, travel information, transport and travel issues,

travel survey information for staff and pupils and an action plan to address issues and encourage sustainable

travel to the school. Authorities can then use the system to monitor progress against plans and to enable a

standard approach to monitoring and management across all schools.

1.1.3 At the time of writing, the school had requested access to the system, however, the administration within

CCC was not fully established. Therefore, a travel plan has been prepared in the form of a written report

utilising the structure within the Modeshift STARS travel plan system.

1.1.4 At the point where full access to the system has been established the data contained in this report can then

be input to the system and the travel plan managed online from thereon in.

1.1.5 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is committed to achieving Bronze accreditation within the Modeshift

STARS travel plan system.

1.2 Report structure

1.2.1 The remainder of this report is structured in line with the Modeshift STARS travel plan system, with the

exception of the historical travel survey data for pupils and staff as only one travel survey has yet been

undertaken. These sections are:

• Introduction: This contains basic operational information about the school and the details of a travel plan

working group;

• Travel and Transport Infrastructure: More detailed information regarding parking provision, and

travelling to the school by different modes;

• STARS Routes to School Audit: Detailed information on the road network provision around the school

and walking and cycling facilities to the school;

• Surveys: Pupil and staff travel survey information;

• Consultations: Information regarding consultations that have occurred with various stakeholders groups;

• Travel and Transport Issues: Details any travel and transport issues identified and potential actions to

address them;

• Actions: Information on actions being undertaken by the school to encourage sustainable travel; and

• Sign-off and Formal Approval.

1.2.2 In addition, there are two appendices, the first a guide to becoming accredited via Modeshift STARS and the

second, a list of suggested actions.

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2 Introduction

School Details Name of school Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Name of STP Champion Paul Madia

DfE Number 331/3404

Telephone Number 024 76453314

E-mail address [email protected]

Location

Address Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Bray’s Lane Coventry CV2 4DW

Website sacredheart.coventry.sch.uk

Type of School Primary

Pupil and Staff Information Age Range of Pupils 4-11

Number of Pupils* including Nursery 420 plus 26 nursery places

Full Time Staff 17 Teachers and 9 Teaching Assistants (Total 26)

Part Time Staff 6 Teachers and 10 Teaching Assistants (Total 16)

Where our pupils travel from Surburban/Urban

Operation times Opening Times Closing Times

School Site 07:00 18:30

Pupils Official Times* 08:40 15:15

Breakfast Clubs (if applicable) 07:45 08:30

After School Clubs (if applicable) 15:15 17:30

Other timings e.g. Nursery timings

08:30 – 11.30 12.30 – 15.30

mailto:[email protected]

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2.1 Working Group

Working Group Actions Please detail actions, numbers of volunteers involved during your working group meetings:

Raising awareness of parking safely around the school area

Operation Dennis – working with the Fire Brigade and Police to question parents parking inconsiderately

Purchasing of no parking signs (children cartoons) for The Avenues

New signage at the front of the school

How many volunteers have been involved in supporting the school travel plan work and initiatives, this year?

i.e. working group members, transition mentors, Footsteps tutors, Crocodile escorts, cycle trainers etc

Name Role

Paul Madia Principal

Rachel Peavoy Vice Principal

Laura Stevenson Vice Principal

Elaine Cakebread Early Years Leader

Marie Taggart Office Manager

Lisa Harding Office Manager

Tony Henry Site Service Officer

Rita Chitty Manager of Before/After School Club

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3 Travel & Transport Infrastructure

Facilities

Description Numbers

Car Park* Staff parking spaces* 36 including 1 disabled space

Visitors parking spaces* 0

Disabled parking spaces* 1

Cycle Parking* Covered Sheffield Stands 1

Sheffield Stands* 0

Cycle Pod / Mini Pod* 0

Other Cycle Spaces* 0

Total pupil cycle parking spaces* 12

Total staff cycle parking spaces* 0

Scooter Parking* Total Scooter Parking Spaces* 1

Storage Lockers* Number of storage lockers for

equipment* 2

Showers available* Number of showers available* 0

Coach Parking* Spaces for coaches to park* 0

Details of coach parking facilities 0

Transportation Links

Buses The nearest bus stops to the proposed site are located approximately 400m walking distance on the A4600 Walsgrave Road and the A428 Binley Road. A summary of the buses servicing these stops is provided in the table below.

Service No.

Operator Route Peak Hour Frequency

Days of Operation

1 Central Buses Walsgrave – Chapelfields via Coventry

Every hour Mon - Sat

4 National Express (NX) Coventry

University Hospital – Wyken – Coventry City Centre – Arena Retail

Park

Every 15 mins Mon – Sun

8 NX Coventry Woodway Park – Coventry Rail Station

Every 30 mins Mon - Sun

9 NX Coventry University Hospital – Finham Every 30 mins Mon – Sun

10 NX Coventry Eastern Green – Bell Green Every 15 mins Mon – Sun

13 NX Coventry Whitmore Park – Willenhall Every 20 mins Mon – Sun

74 Mike De Courcey Travel

Coventry – Nuneaton Four times daily Mon – Sat

86 Stagecoach Rugby – Coventry Every hour Mon – Sun

585 Mike De Courcey Travel

Coventry Station – Rugby Every hour Mon – Sun

Rail The nearest railway station is just under 2 miles away along the road network and therefore pupils are likely to live closer to the school than the railway station.

Roads Bray’s Lane operates in a north-south alignment connecting to the connecting to the A428 at its

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southern extent and to the A4600 at its northern extent. Vehicular access to Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is gained from Bray’s Lane. Bray’s Lane is a two-way single carriageway road which is subject to a 20mph speed limit and has a variety of traffic calming measures in place along its length.

St Ann’s Road operates in an east – west alignment, connecting St Michael’s Road to St Osburg’s Road. St Ann’s Road is a two-way single carriageway road which is subject to a 20mph speed limit and serves several residences.

Walking Routes The main access point to the schools are shown below. Bray’s Lane has footways on both sides of the carriageway. A dropped kerb crossing with a central refuge is provided across the A428 and signalised pedestrian crossings are provided across the A4600.

St. Ann’s Road has footways along both sides of the carriageway providing connections to the network of pedestrian infrastructure in the vicinity of the site.

Cycling Routes None of the nearby roads are designated as advisory routes or have cycle provision along them.

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4 STARS Routes to School Audit

The STARS Routes to School Audit has been designed to assist schools with identifying the sustainable travel and transport

network that surrounds the school site. The audit is a great activity to conduct with your pupils and will count as evidence

towards the ‘Consultation Initiatives’ in your Action Plan.

You can use the audit below to identify any ‘Travel & Transport Issues’ that the school faces and begin to think about solutions

that may need to be put in place to make it safer and easier for people to travel to your school.

Name of road (main gate) Bray’s Lane

Name of other roads surrounding the school St. Ann’s Road Harefield Road Ethelfield Road North Avenue St. Agatha’s Road

Date of assessment 29th November 2017

Time of assessment PM school peak 2-4pm

What is the speed limit of the road outside the main gate? 20mph

What is the speed limit on the other roads surrounding your school? (please select all that apply)

St. Ann’s Road – 20mph Harefield Road – 30mph Ethelfield Road – 30 mph North Avenue – 20mph St. Agatha’s Road – 30mph

How many of the following crossing are present?

Pelican 0

Puffin 0

Toucan 0

Zebra 0

School crossing patrol 10m north of the school’s main access on Bray’s Lane

Traffic island 0

Is there any traffic calming within 500m of school e.g. speed bumps, build outs (If yes, please provide details)

Yes – speed bumps to the south of the main vehicular access on Bray’s Lane. Raised table at the junction with St. Agatha’s Road.

Are there railings present outside or near the No main gate? (If yes, please provide details)

Yes – along the full extent of the school property adjacent to Bray’s Lane other than in the vicinity of the vehicular access points.

Is the main vehicular entrance used for pedestrians/cyclists as well as cars? (If yes, please provide details)

Yes, both vehicular access points are also used for pedestrians.

Does the school have a dedicated car park for parents (not teachers)? (If yes, please provide details)

No

Are there any dedicated cycle lanes leading to the school? No

What is the quality of the pavements like within 500m of the school? (If poor/Inadequate, please record any details)

Being located in a residential area, the majority of the roads in the vicinity of the school have footways on both sides of the carriageway circa 1-2m in width.

What is the quality of the 'SCHOOL' and zig-zag road markings like?

Good quality, no evidence of wear and tear.

Please record any other obstacles or road layout issues within 500 metres of the school entrance which could be deemed as preventing young people or making it more difficult for them to use sustainable transport on the journey to and from school.

No issues identified.


5 Surveys

5.1 Pupil Survey Results

Car

(Not Sharing)

Car

(Sharing) Walking Cycling Public Bus

Dedicated

School Bus Train

Park and

Stride Total

Reception (Thomson) 13 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 30

Reception (Kennedy) 6 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 30

Year 1 (Gaffney) 9 8 13 0 0 0 0 0 30

Year 1 (Parry) 10 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 30

Year 2 (Stanton) 13 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 30

Year 2 (Roberts) 11 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 30

Year 3 (Cowley) 10 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 30

Year 3 (Severs) 11 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 30

Year 4 (Kingham) 13 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 30

Year 4 (Gibson) 12 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 30

Year 5 (Stevenson) 10 8 11 1 0 0 0 0 30

Year 5 (Liggins) 3 7 16 3 1 0 0 0 30

Year 6 (Allport) 4 7 16 3 1 0 0 0 31

Year 6 (Peavoy) 11 10 6 1 2 0 0 0 30

Number 136 120 151 8 6 0 0 0 421

% Mode Split 32% 29% 36% 2% 1% 0% 0% 0% 100%

Response Rate: 100% from existing Primary pupils. No nursery data available as yet.

5.2 Pupil Survey Comments

N/A – Hands up survey utilised.


5.3 Staff Survey Results

Car

(Not

Sharing)

Car

(Sharing) Walking Cycling Public Bus

Dedicated

School

Bus

Train

Park

and

Stride

Total

Reception 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

Year 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5

Year 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5

Year 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Year 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5

Year 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5

Year 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Number 25 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 33

% Mode Share 75.75% 0% 18.1% 0% 3.03% 0% 0% 0%

5.4 Targets due this academic year

Target Details Met? Comments

Walking Previous % 36% Yes

Project Target % 37%

Actual % 40%

% Change +3%

Percentage Points change

Cycling Previous % 2% Yes

Project Target % 3%

Actual % 5%

% Change +2%

Percentage Points change


6 Consultations

Consultation type (Pupil/Parents/Staff/SMT & Governors/Local community/Local Authority)

Action Title Action Details Target Date Person Responsible

P2 Pupils conduct bike surveys Pupils regularly monitor the number of bikes that are parked at school

July 2019 Rachel Peavoy

Laura Stevenson

LA1 School is engaged with the LA with regards to implementing the School Travel Plan and STARS

The Local Authority are aware of the school’s efforts to promote safe and active travel

July 2019 Paul Madia


7 Travel & Transport Issues

Current Travel Transport Issues

Date

Issue

Identified

Details of Issue/

concern

How the

issue

/problem was

identified

Possible Solutions Resolution Uploads

Parking

29 November 2017

On-street parking capacity is limited for brief periods during peak times

On-site observations

The school could provide school staff outside the school to discourage inappropriate and/or illegal parking. Whilst it is recognised that staff have no legal powers to ask parents to move their vehicles, the presence of staff can contribute to more considerate parking

Site Service Officer to monitor the perimeter and speak to parents everyday.

29 November 2017

Some inappropriate and illegal parking practices

On-site observations

The school could design information signs to be placed on window screens of cars that park illegally.

Personal Safety

No issues identified.

Cycling

December 2017

Low cycle mode share (2%)

Training courses such as ‘Bikeability’, provide additional skills in road safety and cycling techniques that may encourage pupils to cycle to school. This is likely to be most suitable for pupils in older years who may already travel to school alone

The provision of improved cycle parking could also encourage more pupils and staff to cycle

Walking

December 2017

Low walking mode share (36%)

Hands-up travel survey

Walking buses may be used to provide drop-off relief in the immediate vicinity of the school. This involves providing designated areas away from the school where parents on route to work or otherwise can drop-off pupils off in a safe location where they will be walked to the school in a group. Walking bus locations should be provided near to pupil residences, in generally quiet locations where parents can easily drop children off.


Current Travel Transport Issues

Date

Issue

Identified

Details of Issue/

concern

How the

issue

/problem was

identified

Possible Solutions Resolution Uploads

The WOW walk to school challenge is an incentive-based scheme that rewards pupils for walking to school, it estimates that in other schools there has been an 23% increase in pupils walking rates, and 30% fewer cars dropping children off in the vicinity of school


8 Actions

8.1 Planned Actions

Actions: Initiatives

Action ref

Action description Person responsible

Target Completion

Reporting Completion date

Funding acquired

Uploads

W1 Living Streets WOW Campaign

Paul Madia July 2019 Screen shot of Travel Tracker, photos of the campaign, data evidence

W6

Living Streets Walk to School Week

Rachel Ellis

July 2019 Photos, letters, newsletters, website links etc. Hands-up survey during the week

W7 Walk to school month

Rachel Ellis

July 2019 Photos, letters, newsletters, website links etc.

Hands-up survey during the month

W11 Walking trips to local amenities for school trip purposes

All staff July 2019 A lesson plan, risk assessment or photos of the children walking. Count of number of walking lessons.

W14 Active travel breakfast

All staff July 2019 Number of children who attend.

Photos and publicity material

C3 Cycle/Scooters breakfast

All staff July 2019 Number of children who attend.

Photos and publicity material

C5 The Big Pedal competition

Laura Stevenson

July 2019 Number of participants, photos, publicity

C8 Bike Week Senior Leadership Team

July 2019 Number of participants, photos, publicity, lesson plans

AQ4 Park and Stride Senior Leadership Team

Newsletters, number of parents/child with car sharing parents/carers

AQ10 Parent parking campaign

Paul Madia July 2019 Newsletters.


Actions: Supporting Initiatives

Action ref

Action description Person responsible

Target Completion


Funding acquired

Uploads

PR1 Newsletter Paul Madia July 2019 Number of travel initiative mentions in the newsletters, copies of newsletters

PR5 Distributing cycling and public transport maps

Office Managers

July 2019 Number printed, number distributed. Copy of maps.

PR7 Travel information on notice board

Office Managers

July 2019 Photo evidence. Copy of information.

PR17 New parent pack Office Managers

July 2019 Number printed, number distributed, copy of information.

PR21 Travel to school information packs (walking, cycling, park and stride, public transport)

Office Managers

July 2019 Number printed, number distributed. Copy of map.

CU13 School collects postcode data

Office Managers

July 2019 Data provided to local authority

8.2 Completed Actions

Actions

Action ref Person responsible

Target Completion


Funding acquired

Uploads


9 Sign off & Formal Approval

To be completed on-line.

Title Name (for pupils a name is not

required,e.g. school council)

Sign off

STP Champion

Senior Management Team

Local Authority

Governor (if applicable)

Pupils


Appendix A Getting Accredited – How to achieve Modeshift Stars

2018

Getting Accredited – How to achieve Modeshift STARS 2018

What is Modeshift STARS? Modeshift STARS is the national awards scheme that recognises schools that have shown

excellence in supporting cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable travel.

The scheme was launched nationwide in September 2012 and was created to support the

creation of School Travel Plans and reward schools over three levels (Bronze, Silver and

Gold) for achieving modal shift to sustainable modes of travel.

STARS received the backing of the Department for Transport in November 2014 and is now

recognised as the National School Travel Awards scheme. Every school in England (outside

of London) can participate in Modeshift STARS for free.

This guide has been written to give you hints, tips and ideas on how to achieve Modeshift

STARS accreditation for your school.

Four steps to getting started

• Step One - visit www.modeshiftstars.org

• Step Two - select your local authority area (please use the ‘Change your location’ option from the top right corner of the screen if you need to change it)

• Step Three - select ‘Register’ from the top right corner of the page

• Step Four - complete and submit the online registration form

What next? Your application will go to your local authority for approval. As soon as they accept your registration you will receive an automated email confirming that you have access to the system. Then you are ready to begin your Modeshift STARS journey.

I was a bit skeptical about the Modeshift STARS accreditation scheme to start with but I can honestly say that it is the best thing to happen in the whole of my 7 years as Travel Plan Coordinator. Kim Key, Cheddington Combined School, Buckinghamshire

http://www.modeshiftstars.org/

Achieving National Accreditation Once you are registered there are three levels of accreditation that your school can achieve

For schools that demonstrate a commitment to promoting sustainable transport by conducting an annual survey, identifying travel issues and solutions and delivering a range of travel initiatives. For schools that achieve a reduction in car use on the journey to school, deliver a whole-school approach and deliver above and beyond what is normally expected of a school. For schools that have excelled with promoting sustainable travel and achieved a noticeable reduction in car use on the journey to school by fully embracing sustainable travel as the norm throughout the entire school community.

STARS is set up so that you can work your way through each level of accreditation progressively. Once you have met one level, you will be well on your way to achieving the next. You can track your progress towards achieving STARS at any time by selecting the ‘Accreditation’ tab from the left hand side menu on your web page.

Modeshift STARS has really helped us focus on short term goals and

embedding longer term changes in travelling and sustainability as a whole

school community. It's a wonderfully simple scheme, but so effective! Neil

Hunt, Headteacher, Ladycross Infant School, Derbyshire

How does it work? Modeshift STARS is an online portal that supports the initial development of your Travel Plan,

followed by a continuous process of planning, delivering and reviewing as set out in the

Modeshift STARS Journey below.

In the rest of this guide, we explore each of these steps in detail and focus what your school needs to do at each stage in order to achieve Bronze, Silver and Gold level STARS. For each section you will see a table that indicates which tasks you need to complete in order to achieve each level as in the example below.

Task Bronze Silver Gold

e.g. Complete ‘Introduction’ section

☒ ☒ ☒ Required for all three levels

e.g. Achieve modal shift away from the car

• ☒ ☒ Required for Silver and Gold levels

e.g. Obtained other sources of funding

• • ☒ Required for Gold level only

By working through the guide and using the check boxes you go along you will be ready to submit your application and be recognised as a Modeshift STARS accredited school.

Update Introduction and Travel & Transport

Infrastructure sections

Conduct an annual travel survey with pupils and

staff

Review and set new targets for increasing walking and cycling

Identify additonal Travel & Transport Issues

Undertake Consultation with your whole school

community

Update your Action Plan with planned and completed actions

Deliver a range of Travel and Supporting

Initiatives

Submit application for Modeshift STARS

accreditation

Receive Modeshift STARS plaque, certificate

and logo

Sign off plan

Introduction and Travel & Transport Infrastructure sections The essential criteria for these two sections is exactly the same for all three levels of

Modeshift STARS. The good news is that once you have entered the information you will not

need to enter it again unless any of the information changes. We recommend reviewing and

updating where necessary annually.

Introduction The Introduction requires basic information about your school e.g. main contact details, pupil

and staff information, opening times and the School Travel Working Group. You also have a

scalable location map that is centred on your school.

All you need to do to complete this section is work your way down the page and enter

information into the text boxes that are provided. Clicking in a text box will open a ‘tool tip’

which provides further information on what you need to enter in the box.

If you have a School Travel Policy you can link to it in this section. We have provided a

template so you can create one if you haven’t already.

Uploading your school logo helps customise your plan when you create a pdf version for

sharing.

Whilst a Working Group is not essential for achieving Bronze level, it is best practice to have

one in place in order to share the responsibilities and workloads of achieving STARS. Please

keep in mind that a Working Group and some detail of what the working group has done will

be required for Silver and Gold level.

You also have the option of entering details of the number of pupils that have received

Bikeability training and any Other information in this section of your application. Again, it is

not mandatory but it is best practice to complete these sections.

Introduction Tasks Bronze Silver Gold

Complete ‘School Details’ section ☒ ☒ ☒

Select ‘Key Stages’ ☒ ☒ ☒

Complete ‘Pupil & Staff Information’ section

☒ ☒ ☒

Enter ‘School opening/closing time’

☒ ☒ ☒

Provide numbers of pupils receiving ‘Bikeability’ training

• • •

Provide details of the ‘Working Group’

• ☒ ☒

Enter ‘Other’ information • • •

Travel & Transport Infrastructure This section contains all of the key details about the transport links into your school site. As

with the previous section, you are required to enter information into all of the boxes, whilst

clicking in the boxes will provide you with ‘tool tips’ about the detail that is required.

Completing this section should provide you with a very good idea of the travel options that

are available to your school community and the barriers that they face.

The On-site Facilities section just requires you to enter the number of each facility that is

available at your school. All sections are mandatory so where you do not have that type of

facility in place, please just enter a ‘0’. For Coach Parking you will need to provide some

extra information on the provision that is available if applicable.

The Transportation Links section requires more detailed text input for each of the travel

modes that people may use to travel to your school. For Bronze level this can be quite brief

but when you are applying for Silver and Gold level we would expect a good level of detail

about the options available for each mode to explain how to travel to the school to someone

unfamiliar with your site.

You then have the STARS Routes to School Audit and the Engineering & Planning

Measures sections which are not currently mandatory for any of the STARS levels although

we would expect to see them completed in any Silver and Gold level application. The former

provides a more detailed audit of the transport infrastructure around your school whilst the

latter provides you with an opportunity to record any works that have taken place at or

around your school to improve the Travel & Transport Infrastructure.

Travel & Transport Infrastructure Tasks

Bronze Silver Gold

On-site Facilities ☒ ☒ ☒

Transportation Links ☒ ☒ ☒

STARS Routes to School Audit • • •

Engineering & Planning Measures • • •

Top Tip! Whilst not currently mandatory for achieving accreditation, the STARS

(Sustainable Travel and Road Safety) Routes to School Audit is a really useful tool for

understanding the travel and transport infrastructure that supports your pupils in

getting to school. It is also an excellent activity for your pupils to conduct and therefore

links to Consultation Initiative ‘P3 - Pupils undertake work to complete the School

Travel Plan / STARS application’. You can download a paper copy of the STARS Audit

on the website to use with your pupils.

Conduct an annual travel survey with pupils and staff It is a minimum requirement for all levels of Modeshift STARS that you must conduct an

annual survey of pupils and staff to determine how they currently travel and how they would

prefer to travel to school.

For both surveys you will find a link to complete them at the top of the Surveys, Modal Shift

& Targets page. The pupils’ survey must have a minimum of an 80% response rate in order

to meet the accreditation criteria, whilst the staff survey must have a minimum 50%

response rate.

As Modeshift STARS is specifically concerned with reducing car use on the journey to

school, in order to achieve the Silver and Gold levels, your surveys must demonstrate that

you have been able to reduce the number of pupils that are driven to school. We appreciate

that in some cases this is simply not possible (e.g. already very low levels of car use/rural

nature of school) so if you are at a point where you have done everything you can to achieve

Silver and Gold accreditation but are being prevented from applying by the modal shift

criteria then please speak to your local authority.

If you use Living Streets’ Travel Tracker it is possible to use this to feed survey data into

Modeshift STARS. In order to ensure that the data received by STARS is reflective of a

normal school day (i.e. not a WOW campaign day), the system will only accept aggregated

monthly data from a school when that school has recorded how pupils have travelled to

school for at least 60% of school days for that particular month.

Further, data for any single month shall only count towards STARS accreditation if at least

80% of pupils have provided Travel Tracker data for that month. As Travel Tracker does not

collect Preferred travel information this will be recorded as unknown in Modeshift STARS.

Whilst not essential, it is good practice to collect preferred information using the Modeshift

STARS surveys as this can help you with setting targets.

Survey Tasks Bronze Silver Gold

Pupil survey conducted with a minimum 80% response rate

☒ ☒ ☒

You must have achieved modal shift away from the car

• ☒ ☒

Modal shift away from the car by at least 5%

• • ☒

Staff survey conducted with a minimum 50% response rate

☒ ☒ ☒

Note: It is possible for you to complete more than one pupil survey each year. If you choose to do so, a

survey period remains open for 30-days e.g. if you begin a survey on the 1st September, you will have

until the 30th September to complete the survey with all of your classes. Any additional data added after

the 30th September would be classed as a new survey period. If this happens by mistake and you would

like the data to be merged together then please speak to your local authority who will be able to action

this. Only one staff survey is possible in a year, this stays open for the academic year.

Review and set new targets for increasing sustainable travel Once you have completed a pupil survey that has at least an 80% response rate you will be

able to set some modal shift targets. In order to achieve all levels of accreditation you must

have at least two current targets. Please ensure that your targets are SMART (Specific,

Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, Time-related). To assist you with ensuring that your

targets are realistic, pupil’s ‘preferred’ mode of travel will be displayed alongside ‘actual’

modes so you should ensure that your targets take these ‘preferred’ modes into

consideration.

You can also set other, written targets in addition to modal shift targets.

Targets Tasks Bronze Silver Gold

You must have at least two current targets

☒ ☒ ☒

Note: In the case of you conducting multiple surveys, the STARS system will select your survey that

has the highest % response rate as your official statistics for that academic year. These figures will

therefore be used in your annual modal shift tables, the targets section and in determining whether a

level of accreditation has been achieved.

Note: When setting targets, they are based on the survey data for the current academic year. When

setting a target, please ensure it has not already been met through the current year's survey. If it

has, this will not be considered 'realistic' and your application may be rejected.

Undertake consultation with your whole school community Key to the achievement of Modeshift STARS accreditation is consultation with the wider

school community audiences – namely:

• Pupils

• Parents

• Staff

• Senior Management Team and Governors

• Residents

• Local authority

Consultations are broken down into categories to help you to plan the activities that you are

going to deliver at your school. To select and input your consultation actions, you will need to

go to the Consultation section of your current plan where you will see a summary table

similar to the one below, which shows how many activities you have Completed and how

many you have Planned. The table below shows how many of each type of initiative you will

need to deliver in order to achieve each level of Modeshift STARS accreditation.

Consultees Bronze Silver Gold

Pupils (not applicable to Early Years settings)

0 1 2

Parents 0 1 1

Staff 0 1 2

SMT & Governors 1 2 2

Residents, business and local community

0 1 2

Local authority 1 1 1

TOTAL 2 7 10

To add a new Consultation type:

• Visit your Consultations by selecting the option from the left-hand menu

• Scroll down to the consultation category that you wish to add to and select the Add

option from the right-hand side of the page

• Use the drop-down menu to select the consultation type that you wish to add to your

Action Plan

• Enter an Action Title (to give a local flavour to the national titles) and complete the

Action Details, Target Date and Person Responsible sections before selecting Add

Action.

• The initiative will then be saved as a Planned Consultation in your Consultations

Important! Each individual initiative type only counts once towards accreditation. Therefore

holding 5 x P1 In Depth Pupil Surveys will not count as 5 initiatives, it will only count as 1.

As such, you should select a range of actions in order to achieve accreditation.

Top Tip! Refer to the Modeshift STARS Guide to Initiatives & Consultation (found on the

Resources page of the STARS website) for a full list of the current STARS consultation

actions along with examples of how to complete them and the type of evidence you can

upload.

In order to mark your Planned Consultations as Complete, you will need to do the following:

• Visit your Consultations by selecting the option from the left-hand menu

• Scroll down to the initiative category where the Planned Consultation you wish to

complete is stored

• Once you have found the action, enter the Completed date and add information to

the Reporting box then add the number of pupils and adults that were involved in the

consultation.

• Select the blue Upload Evidence box and upload any supporting evidence you have

that the initiative was completed

• Select the red Mark as Complete box to confirm that the initiative has been

completed

• Evidence of consultation is required at all levels of accreditation.

Consultation Tasks Bronze Silver Gold

Deliver 2 Consultation tasks ☒ • •

Deliver 7 Consultation tasks • ☒ •

Deliver 10 Consultation tasks • • ☒

IMPORTANT! You are responsible for ensuring that you have all appropriate

consents to use photos and any other personal data as evidence or elsewhere in

Modeshift STARS.

Identify Travel & Transport Issues After completing your Travel & Transport Infrastructure section, conducting the pupil and

staff Surveys and undertaking further consultation, you should have begun to have built up a

picture of the Travel & Transport Issues that your school is facing.

It is mandatory to record at least one issue for Bronze, Silver or Gold level STARS. The

issue could be as generic as ‘car use is too high at school’ or it could be more focussed on a

specific issue e.g. traffic speeds, lack of cycling provision. Whatever the issue might be, it

should have been identified through consultation with the school community.

When entering a new issue, you must select the type and provide details of the issue, how it

was identified and any possible solutions for resolving the problem. Once registered, it will

appear in your Current Travel & Transport Issues section where you can enter further

possible solutions and then when resolved, provide details of how it was resolved.

When Quality Assuring your Silver and Gold level applications, Modeshift will be looking for

evidence that any Issues raised have corresponding solutions and actions within the Action

Plan section.

Travel & Transport Issues Tasks Bronze Silver Gold

Add at least one current Travel & Transport issue at your school

☒ ☒ ☒

Update your Action Plan with planned and completed actions Key to the achievement of Modeshift STARS is the delivery of actions that bring about a

change in the travel behaviour of your school community. You should put together an Action

Plan that best suits the unique circumstances of your school. There are 135 initiatives for

you to choose from in the system: 85 travel initiatives and 50 supporting initiatives. There is

no need or expectation for any school to deliver every initiative that is in the system, rather

they should be used as guidance to shape the activities that you are going to deliver. You

will hopefully find that you are already delivering many of the activities and as such, well on

the road to achieving Modeshift STARS.

The initiatives are broken down into categories and subcategories to help you to plan the

activities that you are going to deliver at your school. To select and input your initiatives, you

will need to go to the Action Plan section of the STARS site where you will see a summary

table similar to the one below, which shows how many initiatives you have Completed and

how many you have Planned. The table below shows how many of each type of initiative you

will need to deliver in order to achieve each level of Modeshift STARS accreditation.

Initiative Type Subcategory Initiatives Required

Bronze Silver Gold

Travel Initiatives

Cycling Walking/Scooting Road Safety & Training Smarter Driving Public Transport

10 20 25

Supporting Initiatives

Promotion Curriculum Partnerships

5 10 15

To add a new action, you will need to follow the steps below:

• Visit your Action Plan by selecting the option from the left hand menu

• Scroll down to the initiative category that you wish to add an initiative for and select

the Add option from the right hand side of the page

• Use the drop-down menu to select the initiative that you wish to add to your Action

Plan

• Enter an Action Title (to give a local flavour to the national initiative titles) and

complete the Action Details, Target Date and Person Responsible sections before

selecting Add Action.

• The initiative will then be saved as a Planned Action in your Action Plan

Deliver a range of Travel and Supporting Initiatives

Top Tip! Refer to the Modeshift STARS Guide to Initiatives & Consultation (found on the

Resources page of the STARS website) for a full list of the current STARS initiatives along

with examples of how to complete the initiative and the type of evidence you can upload.

Important! Each individual initiative type only counts once towards accreditation. Therefore

holding 10 x C3 Bikers Breakfasts will not count as 10 initiatives, it will only count as 1. As

such, you should select a range of initiatives in order to achieve accreditation.

Delivering initiatives is an essential part of getting more young people to walk, cycle and use

other forms of sustainable travel to get to school and it is what sets Modeshift STARS aside

from traditional School Travel Planning. The focus is on the delivery of Actions rather than

the planning.

It is in the Action Plan that the key differences exist between the three levels of STARS

accreditation - that is the number of initiatives that you must complete to achieve each level.

There are two different types of initiatives in the system – Travel Initiatives & Supporting

Initiatives – at each level of accreditation you must have delivered a minimum number of

initiatives in order to meet the criteria of that level.

In order to mark your Planned Actions as Complete, you will need to do the following:

• Visit your Action Plan by selecting the option from the left hand menu

• Scroll down to the initiative category where the Planned Action you wish to complete

is stored

• Once you have found the initiative, enter the Completed date and add information to

the Reporting box then add the number of pupils and adults that were involved in the

initiative

• Select the blue Upload Evidence box and upload any supporting evidence you have

that the initiative was completed

• Select the red Mark as Complete box to confirm that the initiative has been

completed

When filling out the details of your initiatives please refer to the table below for guidance on

the level of detail that is expected.

In order to achieve the Gold standard of Modeshift STARS you must provide details in two

extra areas in the Action Plan:

IMPORTANT! When working towards Silver and Gold level STARS you must upload

evidence that you have completed the initiatives. Without evidence, the initiatives will

not count towards your overall completed action plan.

It is good practice to upload evidence for Bronze accreditation too and it means that

your initiatives will automatically count towards Silver or Gold in future.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have all appropriate consents to use

photos and any other personal data as evidence or elsewhere in Modeshift

STARS.

• Funding – you must be able to demonstrate that you have identified and obtained

other sources of funding aside from that available from the local authority.

• Gold Standard Initiative – you should demonstrate that you have exceeded normal

expectations in at least one of the Initiative Categories (Walking & Scooting, Cycling,

Road Safety, Air Quality or Public Transport).

Action Plan Tasks Bronze Silver Gold

Deliver 10 Travel Initiatives ☒ • •

Deliver 20 Travel Initiatives • ☒ •

Deliver 25 Travel Initiatives • • ☒

Deliver 5 Supporting Initiatives ☒ • •

Deliver 10 Supporting Initiatives • ☒ •

Deliver 15 Supporting Initiatives • • ☒

Provide details of funding obtained • • ☒

Detail Gold Standard initiative • • ☒

Top Tip! Use the drop-down tab at the top of the menu on the left of your page to switch between

the different Modeshift STARS levels. This will then show you how much of each section you have

completed for that level of accreditation.

Sign off your plan & submit application for Modeshift STARS

accreditation As soon as you meet 100% of the criteria for any of the levels of Modeshift STARS you will

need to sign off your plan in the Sign Off section. Sign off requires a statement of support

from the school’s Senior Management Team.

Once sign off is complete, a Submit button will appear. When you select this button your

application will be completed and sent to your local authority and Modeshift for approval.

If you genuinely believe you have done everything possible but aren’t quite meeting one of

the criteria for Silver or Gold accreditation it is possible, with your Local Authority’s

endorsement, to request Modeshift consider your application. Speak to your Local Authortity

contact if this is the case.

Receive Modeshift STARS plaque, certificate and logo Once your submission has been approved you will receive an automated email from the

Modeshift STARS system confirming that you have achieved Modeshift STARS

accreditation. Keep an eye out for this email as it will include links to the Modeshift STARS

logos that you can begin using straight away.

Your Modeshift STARS plaque, STARS and certificate will follow at the beginning of the term

that follows the term in which you submitted your application.

Submission Tasks Bronze Silver Gold

Complete Sign Off ☒ ☒ ☒

Submit for approval ☒ ☒ ☒

Important! View your progress towards achieving all three levels of Modeshift STARS at any time

by selecting Accreditation from the left hand menu. In this section you will see the detailed criteria

for each level along with a or next to the criteria to show whether or not you have met it.

Top Tip! When you receive your plaques and certificates be sure to hold a celebration event and

let your whole school community know about your achievements. This will count towards your next

application for Modeshift STARS.

Supporting resources and documents This guide is the first in a series of guidance documents and resources that have been

developed to help you achieve Modeshift STARS. Also available are:

Guidance documents:

• Modeshift STARS Guide to the Initiatives

• Best Practice Guidance – Promotion

• Funding for STARS

• Influencing Parents

• Linking STARS to the National Curriculum

• Partnerships

• Building a Working Group

• Partnerships & Consultation: working with your school’s community

• Delivering Smarter Driving Initiatives

Toolkits:

• Junior Travel Ambassador Resource (Primary Schools)

• Youth Travel Ambassador Resource (Secondary Schools)

• The Big Bikers Breakfast

• New Families Campaign

• Zigzag, Park and Walk Campaign

You will find all of these documents in the ‘Resources’ section of the Modeshift STARS

website.

Case Studies:

Case studies from schools across the country are regularly added to provide ideas and

inspiration for other schools and to celebrate their successes. They can be viewed from the

Modeshift STARS homepage or via https://modeshiftstars.org/caseStudies.php

Further Information

In the first instance you should contact your local authority for all support and guidance with

delivering Modeshift STARS. You should find their details on the Travel Plan Contacts tab at

the bottom of the Modeshift STARS webpage.

www.modeshiftstars.org

https://www.modeshiftstars.org/teacher/resources.php

https://modeshiftstars.org/caseStudies.php


Appendix B Modeshift STARS – Guide to the Initiatives &

Consultation

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Modeshift STARS - Guide to the Initiatives & Consultation Delivering initiatives and engaging in consultation are essential parts of getting more young people to walk, cycle and use other forms of sustainable travel to get to school. This guide has been written to provide you with a full list of the initiatives and consultation types that are included in Modeshift STARS. In addition to listing all of the initiatives, the guide gives examples of the activities that you can deliver and the evidence that you can upload in order to meet the requirements of each initiative and therefore achieve a level of Modeshift STARS accreditation. In Modeshift STARS, initiatives are broken down into categories and subcategories to help you to plan the activities that you are going to deliver at your school. Consultation is a separate section in Modeshift STARS and works in the same way. There is no need or expectation for any school to do everything on the list, you should use the list as guide to build a package of consultations and initiatives that best meets the unique requirements of your school. Please be aware that you may not be able to see all the initiatives in your plan’s picklists as some initiatives are specific to key stages.

Initiatives To select and input your initiatives, you will need to go to the ‘Action Plan’ section of your current plan when on the Modeshift STARS website. On there, you will see a summary table, similar to the one below, which shows how many initiatives you have completed and how many you have planned to deliver. The table below displays how many of each type of initiative you will need to deliver in order to achieve each level of Modeshift STARS accreditation.

Initiative Type Subcategory Initiatives Required

Bronze Silver Gold

Sustainable Travel Initiatives 10 20 25

Cycling Walking/Scooting Road Safety & Training Air Quality

Public Transport

Supporting Initiatives 5 10 15 Promotion Curriculum Partnerships

Consultation

To select and input your consultation initiatives, you will need to go to the ‘Consultation’ section of your current plan on the Modeshift STARS website. On there, you will see a summary table, similar to the one below, which shows how many initiatives you have completed and how many you have planned to deliver. The table below displays how many of each type of consultation you will need to deliver in order to achieve each level of Modeshift STARS accreditation.


Consultees Bronze Silver Gold

Pupils (not applicable to Early Years settings)

0 1 2

Parents 0 1 1

Staff 0 1 2

SMT & Governors 1 2 2

Residents, business and local community

0 1 2

Local authority 1 1 1

TOTAL 2 7 10

All Sections Please note that when working towards Silver and Gold level Modeshift STARS, and for ALL levels of Consultation, you must also upload evidence that you have completed the initiatives. Without evidence, the initiatives will not count towards your overall completed actions. **Modeshift STARS tip – always have a camera handy to take photos of completed initiatives. This will save you time when applying for a level of STARS accreditation. Please ensure that you have written photo consent for any images you upload to Modeshift STARS as evidence.** Through the rest of this guide, we go through each ‘Initiative/Consultation Type’ and ‘Subcategory/Consultee’ in turn, listing each of the initiatives in order along with examples of how you might complete each initiative and items of evidence that you may upload.


Travel Initiatives (10 for Bronze, 20 for Silver and 25 for Gold)

Walking & Scooting Code Initiative name Example Examples of evidence

W1 Living Streets WOW

Campaign

Primary school takes part in WoW with Living Streets, http://livingstreets.org.uk/wow

Screen shot of Travel Tracker, photos of the campaign, data evidence

W2 Living Streets Free Your

Feet campaign delivered

Secondary school takes part in Free your Feet: http://livingstreets.org.uk/freeyourfeet or Citizenship Challenge: http://livingstreets.org.uk/campaign-in-a-box

Photos of the campaign, data evidence

W3 Local Walking Reward

Scheme

Locally promoted walk or scoot to school reward scheme. Local names include: Walk on Wednesday, MEGA Friday, Go Kinetic

Photos of the campaign, data evidence

W6 Living Streets Walk to

School Week

Walk to school week is held in May every year. See http://livingstreets.org.uk/wtsw for ideas for activities

Photos of any events and campaigns you run, also any letters, newsletters, website links where you have promoted this

W7 Walk to school month Every October is International Walk to School month. See http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/walktoschoolmonth for information and activity ideas

Photos of any events and campaigns you run, also any letters, newsletters, website links where you have promoted this

W8 5 / 10 Minute walking

zone in place

A walking zone is in place; walk zone maps have been produced; walk zone markers/stickers in place

Map; photo of markers/stickers in-situ; copy of publicity material

W9 Educational / Curriculum

Walks

Taking children out into the local environment, this could be for a nature walk, or to explore their neighbourhood but must incorporate some element of Road Safety or sustainability messages into the walk: this could be crossing the road, conspicuity, pavement etiquette etc.

Photos, risk assessments, lesson plans

W10 Walking bus in place The school has one or more Walking Buses. This action is not intended for one-off events such as Brake’s Giant Walking Bus.

Photos, Risk Assessment, Copy of the register

W15 Using Walking Bus App School’s walking bus uses the Salford University Walking School Bus app: http://www.gowsb.com/

Screenshots; downloads

W11 Walking trips All Schools participate in walking trips as part of their curriculum, e.g. walking to

A lesson plan, risk assessment or photos of the children walking

http://livingstreets.org.uk/wow

http://livingstreets.org.uk/

http://livingstreets.org.uk/campaign-in-a-box

http://livingstreets.org.uk/wtsw

http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/walktoschoolmonth

http://www.gowsb.com/


Code Initiative name Example Examples of evidence

local shops, swimming pool, local Church etc.

W12 Scooter storage installed Do you have scooter storage? A photo of the storage

W13 Scooter club Break time or after school scooting club is in place. Photos, register, risk assessment, lesson plan, timetable.

W14 Active travel breakfast School holds a breakfast for children who walk, scoot or cycle to school, this

could be a specific event or the school could give free breakfast to children who

cycle as part of their breakfast club.

Photos, register, publicity material

W19 Parent shelter installed Shelter installed for parents waiting to collect their children Photos; copy of invoice/order

W25 Secure buggy storage

installed

Secure storage installed for parents to leave buggies while visiting school/early years setting

Photos; copy of invoice/order

W16 Other walking/scooting

initiative 1

A walking or scooting action not covered by any of the other initiatives. Use the Action Title to name the initiative

Photos; letters; newsletters; websites; risk assessments; publicity material as appropriate for the initiative


initiative 2




initiative 3



Cycling Code Initiative name Example Examples of evidence

C1 Dr Bike/cycle

maintenance sessions

Qualified or experienced bike mechanic visits school to perform safety

checks/minor repairs to pupil, staff or parents' bikes.

Photos; publicity material



C2 Cycle parking installed Cyclepods, Minipods, Sheffield stands or bike shelters installed. Photos of the cycle parking

C3 Bikers Breakfast School holds a breakfast for children who cycle to school, this could be a specific

event or the school could give free breakfast to children who cycle as part of their

breakfast club. See Modeshift STARS resources.

Photos, register, publicity material

C4 Opportunity to practice

cycling skills at break

time

Part of playground/field is set aside at break times for cycling practice Photos; risk assessments

C5 School takes part in The

Big Pedal

Sustrans annual Big Pedal competition. See www.bigpedal.org.uk Photos; screen shots of results from big pedal website

C6 Cycle competitions/

schools cycle challenge

Inter school cycling events; Big Bike Race; Leeds Schools Cycle Challenge Photos; publicity material; consent forms; risk assessment

C7 Cycle reward scheme Golden padlock; CoW (cycle once weekly); Bikeability Challenge - a 4 week

challenge for pupils completing Level 2 Bikeability; or other initiative set up by the

school or local authority

Publicity material; photos

C8 Bike week School participates in National Bike Week or Sustrans Bike to School Week Photos, Lesson Plans

C9 Cycle club in place British Cycling Go Ride; After school cycling club; lunchtime cycling club Photos, register, risk assessment, lesson plan, timetable.

C10 Pool bike system in place School loans out or hires bikes to families to use for the journey to and from

school. This could be as a reward or so children can try the journey before

buying a bike or to practice cycling

Loan agreement, photos

C11 Cycle purchase scheme

for staff

School takes part in Cycle to Work Scheme. Schemes include Cyclescheme,

Bike2Work, Bicycle Benefits (On Your Bike), Cycleplus, NHS Bikes for Work.

Confirmation documents/emails from the scheme provider

http://www.bigpedal.org.uk/



C12 Bicycle Security Marking Police bike marking scheme. Datatags, ImmobiTags or similar electronic tagging

scheme. Also use for scooter security marking

Consent forms; publicity material; photos of event

C13 Cycle rides/excursions Using cycling as a form of transport to get you from A to B, for example, a visit to

the museum, library etc. Taking children to experience mountain bike trails.

Organised cycle tours such as Coast2Coast or Lands End to John O’Groats

Photos, risk assessments, consent forms

C14 Cycle Train / Bike Bus in

place

Organised groups of pupils cycle to and from school together Consent forms; register; risk assessment; photos; route

maps

C15 Bling Your Bike Day Fancy dress event for bikes. It may be a ride, event or competition Photos

C20 National Cycle Challenge https://www.lovetoride.net/uk?locale=en-GB Screenshot from Lovetoride booking site. Photos.

C16 Other cycling initiative 1 Any cycling action not covered elsewhere. Use the Action Title to name the

initiative

Photos; letters; newsletters; websites; risk assessments;

publicity material as appropriate for the initiative


initiative




initiative



https://www.lovetoride.net/uk?locale=en-GB


Road Safety & Training


R1 Cycle training for pupils

(E.g. Bikeability)

On road cycle training for pupils such as Bikeability Level 2 or 3; Cycle

awareness; Cycling proficiency

Copy of the consent form/parent letter. Copy of booking confirmation. Photos of the pupils undertaking the training

R2 Learn to Ride Off road learn to ride training for pupils such as Bikeability level 1 (where not part

of a level 2 course); ditch the stabilisers and other local schemes


R3 Balance Bike Training Pre-school/reception year training using balance bikes. Scheme names include

Balanceability, PrePedal, Balance Buddies and other local names


R4 Scooter training Road Safety training for pupils using scooters. Example schemes include

Scooterbility; Scooter skills


R5 Pedestrian skills training Child pedestrian skills training. Local scheme names include Stepping out safely;

Street Wise.

Lesson plans available from:

http://think.direct.gov.uk/resource-centre/


R6 Independent travel

training

Travel training by nature is upskilling people with disabilities and difficulties to

manage their own personal safety and learn how to travel from point A to point B,

independently, confidently and competently, using sustainable transport on public

transport or as a pedestrian.

Lesson plans, consent form, risk assessment, evidence of route planning, photos.

http://think.direct.gov.uk/resource-centre/



R7 Young Driver Training School promotes young driver training for under 17s. There are commercial and

local authority schemes, including Young Driver; Get In Gear - student driver

training; MORE

Consent forms, publicity material, risk assessments, photos of event

R8 Cycle training for staff

and / or parents

Staff or parents have qualifications to take children on rides or teach bike

maintenance.

Bikeability (or similar) training to encourage confidence in parents to cycle the

school run.

Certificates, photos of events.

R9 Road Safety assembly/

presentation

Assemblies or presentations about road safety. Examples include: school

crossing patrol assembly; what to wear in winter; Road Safety presentations

(pedestrian safety, cycling safety, passenger safety, mini motos etc)

Photos of assembly; copies of presentations.

R10 Be Bright Be Seen

Activities

Teaching children why it is important that other road users can see them.

Modeshift partner BrightKidz has a number of resources and products available

from www.brightkidz.co.uk

Lesson plans are available from:

http://think.direct.gov.uk/resource-centre/under-5/be-bright-be-seen

http://think.direct.gov.uk/resource-centre/key-stage-1/be-bright-be-seen


Your local authority may also have activities.

Examples of pupils’ work; completed lesson plans

http://www.brightkidz.co.uk/

http://think.direct.gov.uk/resource-centre/under-5/be-bright-be-seen





R11 School invites

experts/organisations to

talk about personal safety

External experts visit school to talk about personal safety and road safety

subjects. Examples include Police/PCSO; Fire Service; Local Authority Officers;

independent experts

Photos of event, copies of presentations, booking confirmation, examples of pupils’ work following the event

R12 Safety around large

vehicles training

Teaching pupils about the dangers of being around large vehicles such as lorries

and buses, in particular visibility issues. Examples include GIST Road Safety

programme; Trucks and Child Safety with DHL (TACS).

Photos, booking forms, examples of pupils’ work following the event.

R13 Use of transition

resources

School does journey planning with new families and promotes active travel, promotes transition walks/rides between primary and secondary; encourages independent journey planning for transition and spends time practicing the journey to secondary school

Information in prospectus for new parents on active travel, photos of children on transition rides, lesson plans for journey planning

R14 Pupils monitoring traffic Pupils carry out survey to count the vehicles that pass the school as part of an on-going campaign. They may use the result as part of a numeracy lesson, for example

Survey results, photos

R15 School has lobbied for

installation of traffic

calming outside of school

The school community has been involved in lobbying for the installation of traffic

calming measures, e.g. humps, chicanes or narrowings, outside the school.

This initiative is only valid if the school has actively lobbied. Being consulted by

your local authority as part of planned works is not sufficient.

Petitions; press articles; letters/emails to councillors/MPs. Evidence of the issue.


installation of safer

crossings on the route to

school

The school community has been involved in lobbying for the installation of

additional road crossings, e.g. School crossing patrollers; dropped kerbs; zebra

crossing; light controlled crossings.







installation of 20mph

zone outside of school

The school community has been involved in lobbying for the installation a 20mph

zone outside the school, this may be an advisory ‘20 is plenty’ or official ‘20mph

zone’




R18 Road Safety Day/Week School holds a day/week of road safety themed activities. See

http://www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk/ for national event held in November.

Lesson plans; examples of pupils’ work; photos

R23 In car safety for young

adults

‘Safe Drive Stay Alive’, or similar, programme run with emergency services for

Y11 up. Cow DVD in Staffordshire.

Lesson plans; photos; copies of booking forms

R24 Nursery Teaches Road

Safety & Active Travel

Messages

For example using the Children's Traffic Club Nursery Leader's Guide Lesson plans; photos

R19 Other road safety &

training initiative 1

Any road safety or training action not covered elsewhere. Use the Action Title to

name the initiative

Lesson plans; photos; letters; newsletters; websites; risk assessments; publicity material as appropriate for the initiative




name the initiative





name the initiative


http://www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk/


Air Quality


AQ1 School promotes car

sharing

Promotion of car sharing to staff and parents. This can be informal and arranged between staff and parents themselves or through signing up to a formal car share scheme.

Car share information such as the list of people car sharing or letters/emails promoting it.

AQ2 Car free days School takes part in a national Car Free Day, or a local one organised by themselves or in partnership with the Local Authority, Living Streets or Sustrans. Also known as Park Away Day

Photos, letters to parents

AQ3 Car free zone in place A zone around the school where parents are requested not to park has been

identified, mapped and publicised.

Photos, letters to parents, copy of map

AQ4 Park and walk/stride

scheme

Park and stride sites have been identified, agreed and promoted to parents. ‘Park

& Stride from a friend’s house’ scheme

Letters to parents, photos, agreement from site owners,

maps

AQ5 Removal of car parking

spaces

Car parking spaces removed from school site to encourage greater use of

sustainable travel modes. Car parking space has been converted to cycle parking

spaces.

Photos

AQ6 Highway code is

promoted to students,

staff and parents

Tales of the Road (Junior highway code) available to pupils (order from

www.dft.gov.uk/THINKshop if your local authority cannot provide them); online

resources available from http://think.direct.gov.uk/education/

Highlighting Highway code sections 204 – 213 'road users requiring extra care'

and sections 238 - 252 'waiting and parking' to parents or young drivers.

Project work, lesson plans and hand-outs.

AQ7 Parent parking campaign School runs a campaign to encourage better/safer parking by parents, may

include school fence banners or a zig-zag campaign -see Modeshift STARS

resources

Photos of banners, publicity material, letters to parents

http://www.dft.gov.uk/THINKshop

http://think.direct.gov.uk/education/



AQ8 Parking Pledge Scheme Parking Pledge is something that all parents must sign up to at the start of the

school year to tell them what is expected of them - might include details of where

to park/drop, following a one-way system, etc.

Copy of the pledge

AQ9 Eco Driver Training School offers Eco Driver training to staff or older students Course details; booking forms

AQ13 Anti Idling Initiative Campaign to prevent people leaving engines running outside school. Examples:

JTA/YTA campaign; school gate posters/banners


AQ14 Air pollution promotion Practical air pollution monitoring; air quality monitoring vehicle; pollution data

collection; clean air superheroes. Lessons about air quality/pollution and its

effects. Participating in National Clean Air Day.

Copy of data; examples of pupils’ work; lesson plans

AQ15 National Clean Air Day School participates in National Clean Air Day. Free resources are available from

https://www.cleanairday.org.uk/


AQ10 Other Air Quality initiative

1

Any Air Quality action not covered elsewhere. Use the Action Title to name the

initiative



2


initiative



3


initiative


https://www.cleanairday.org.uk/


Public Transport Code Initiative name Example Examples of evidence

PT1 Public transport used for

school trips

School uses public transport (not private coaches) for school trips, to get to swimming lessons, etc.

Lesson plan, risk assessment, photos of children using the transport

PT2 School promotes public

transport

Details of bus timetables can be found on the school website, a link to journey planning websites are on you the school website, copies of bus timetables are available in school

Screen shots of the school website

PT3 School promotes

responsible behaviour on

public transport / has bus

behaviour policy

The school has a behaviour policy/agreement for pupils who travel on public transport. Promotion activities may include assemblies, class projects or within the transition to secondary school work.

Lesson plan, project work, public transport policy/agreement.

PT4 Private coaches for

school trips pick up and

set down in safe /

accessible places.

Private coaches do not pick up and drop off on school keep clear markings Written agreement between school and coach company, photo of coach in sensible parking place

PT5 School promotes young

person's travel card

scheme

Where a scheme exists, the school promotes concessionary travel schemes, e.g. Citizen Card - young person's concessionary travel scheme; YoZone Card

Promotion material

PT9 Catch the bus week School takes part in / promotes Catch the Bus Week.

www.catchthebusweek.co.uk

Photos; newsletters; websites; publicity material

PT10 School has anti-bullying

policy for school

transport/public buses

The school has, and enforces, an anti-bullying policy for the journey to school Copy of policy

PT11 Hop Off – get off two

stops early

The school actively encourages pupils and staff who travel by bus to walk for part

of their journey

Copy of communication; publicity material; extract from school travel policy

http://www.catchthebusweek.co.uk/



PT6 Other public

transportation initiative 1

Any public transport action not covered elsewhere. Use the Action Title to name

the initiative


PT7 Other public



the initiative


PT8 Other public



the initiative



Supporting Initiatives (5 for Bronze, 10 for Silver and 15 for Gold)

Promotion Code Initiative name Example Examples of evidence

PR1 Newsletter Promote any of your schools sustainable travel or road safety activities through

your newsletter. If you have a competition planned, ask the YTAs/JRSOs to

design an advertisement or news article to go in the letter

Copy of the newsletter

PR2 Info sent to residents /

School communicates

with residents

School may send out leaflets or letters to residents explaining what they are

doing to encourage more parents to travel actively and reduce the number of cars

using the roads around the school. The letter may explain that you are telling

parents to respect local residents and not block driveways etc.

Copy of letter to residents; copy of any responses

PR3 Local media / Schools

gets local media attention

Articles in local press/radio/television highlighting school's promotion of

sustainable & active travel

Copy of article or link to website

PR4 Presenting to/ sharing

ideas with other schools

Sharing your school’s sustainable travel best practice with other schools. This

may be through local cluster meetings; assemblies/presentations to feeder

schools or wider at regional or national events.

Copy of presentations; photos of the event.

PR5 Distributing cycling and

public transport maps

The school has copies of local transport information and cycling maps available

to parents in the school reception. Information is distributed at new parent

meeting or parent evenings.

Photo of maps in school reception.

PR6 School has an active

travel policy

School has published a policy actively encouraging safe and sustainable travel.

School has created / published a cycling policy. Cycling permit scheme. Scooting

policy.

Copy of policy(ies); screenshot of website where they are

published.

PR7 Travel information on

notice board

Bike It notice board; sustainable travel notice board; travel info on Eco-Schools

noticeboard; classroom/hall displays

Picture of the noticeboard or display



PR8 Competitions run &

promoted within school

Competitions run by & promoted within the school by either staff or pupils. These

may be organised linked to national events or be purely local to the school

Pictures of competition promotion; copies of entries;

pictures of prize giving.

PR9 Assembly Staff and pupils can run their own assemblies with sustainable travel or road

safety themes, or you could invite an expert in to do an assembly for Be Bright Be

Seen or something else!

Photos of the assembly, PowerPoint presentation slides,

lesson plan for the assembly

PR10 Social Media Campaign School uses social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to promote safe and

sustainable travel.

Copies of tweets; screenshots

PR11 Sponsored events School takes part in a national campaign to raise money for charity or you could

hold your own sponsored car free day or cycle ride/scoot to raise money for the

school. National examples include Living Streets’ Happy Shoesday.

Photos, letters to parents, posters

PR12 Parents' evenings/

Induction evenings

School promotes active travel at parents evening and induction evenings to

highlight the facilities available at school and encourage parents to explore the

options available for the journey to and from school

Photos, printed information

PR13 Information on website Advertise any of your school travel activities on the school website. Put a

summary of your Modeshift STARS travel plan on your site.

A screenshot of the relevant information on the school

website

PR14 Councillor/ MP/ Mayor

invited to an event

Local councillors/Mayor/MPs have been invited to attend an event at the school

related to sustainable travel. This could be a prize giving; opening new cycle

parking, etc.

Copy of the letter sent, photos from an event

PR15 Within the Prospectus Summary of travel plan; statements on school's policy regarding travel and

expectations on parents/students are included in the school’s prospectus

Copy of relevant parts of prospectus



PR16 Letter from Head Teacher

to Parents

Head teachers may write to parents about active travel or inconsiderate parking

to try and encourage parents to change habits and try a new way of travelling to

school. Messages may include Park & Stride, avoiding School Keep Clear

markings, respect for local residents, road safety, health and exercise, etc.

Copy of letter to parents

PR17 New parent pack Travel to school information is distributed to new and prospective parents Copy of pack

PR18 Transition activities Route planning activities; practice walks/bike rides/bus trips for pupils

transitioning to secondary school.

Local initiatives include Going INTO Year 7; SmartRoute year 6/7 transition

project

Lesson plans; risk assessments; photos of activities;

examples of work

PR19 School Railing Banners Banners are placed on school perimeter promoting walking, scooting or cycling to

school; advertising park & stride sites, etc. Banners could be professionally

produced or designed by pupils.

Photos of the banners. Examples of pupils’ work designing the banners.

PR20 JTA/YTA/JRSO's in place The school has active Junior Travel Ambassadors (JTA); Youth Travel

Ambassadors (YTA); Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO) ; Sustainable travel

ambassadors; Bike Buddies or similar

See the Modeshift STARS resources section,

http://modeshiftstars.org/teacher/resources.php

for everything you need to get started with JTA or YTA.

Examples of work the group has carried out; letters to parents; photos.

PR21 Travel to school

information maps created

School has created travel to school maps showing the best walking and cycling

routes; bus stops; park and stride sites, etc.

Copy of map.

PR27 Active travel shop /

enterprise

Reflector shop; School sells locks, lights, etc. JTA/YTA/JRSO enterprise to raise

funds & promote safe and active travel

Photos; publicity materials

http://modeshiftstars.org/teacher/resources.php



PR22 Other promotion method

1

Any sustainable travel promotion method not covered elsewhere. Use the Action

Title to name the initiative.



2





3




Curriculum Code Initiative name Example Examples of evidence

CU1 School takes part in

competitions promoted by

others

The school enters competitions promoted externally to the school. These could

be national competitions such as Living Streets’ WOW badge competition or local

competitions like inter-school challenges

Examples of pupils’ work; acknowledgement of entries;

photos of prizes or events if you’re lucky enough to win!

CU2 School teaches the

health benefits of safe /

active travel

Schools will incorporate this into their curriculum or assemblies.

Examples could include contribution to 60 mins daily exercise, increase heart

rate, mental health benefits, reducing obesity, etc.

Copy of lesson plan

CU3 School teaches

environmental benefits of

active travel

Schools will incorporate this into their curriculum or assemblies.

Examples could include reduces CO2,reduces pollution, improves schools gate

congestion, etc.

Copy of lesson plan



CU4 Theatre in Education on

sustainable travel or road

safety

School has taken part in a Theatre in Education show promoting Road Safety or

active travel.

Photos; copies of bookings; examples of pupils’ work.

CU5 Bike maintenance

lessons

Pupils are taught bike maintenance. This may include safety checks; gears and

brakes; puncture repair, etc.

Copy of lesson plan; photos of lessons

CU6 Cycling lessons (PE) Cycling in PE lessons. This may include Go Ride; Bike Polo; Mountain Biking;

Trail Riding; Skills Sessions

Copy of lesson plan; risk assessments; photos of work

CU7 Road safety lessons Road safety lessons are included as part of the school’s curriculum. Lesson plans; examples of pupils’ work

CU8 Pupils use school travel

survey data from STARS

in lessons

Data from STARS are used in lessons. Lesson plans; examples of pupils’ work.

CU9 School uses Living

Streets WOW Travel

Tracker to collect data

School uses the Living Streets WOW Travel Tracker to collect data. See

www.livingstreets.org.uk/traveltracker

Screenshots

CU13 School collects postcode

data

School provides postcode and travel mode data to local authority for production

of postcode plot maps

Copy of email sent to local authority; copy of map;

screenshots

CU10 Other curriculum work 1 Any sustainable travel related curriculum work not covered elsewhere. Use the

Action Title to name the initiative.

Lesson plans; photos; letters; newsletters; websites; risk

assessments; publicity material as appropriate for the

initiative





initiative

http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/traveltracker







initiative

Partnerships Code Initiative name Example Examples of evidence

P1 School works with Police/

Safer Neighbourhood

Team/ PCSO to promote

safe & sustainable travel

School has connections with local police or PCSO’s who can be invited into the

school for assemblies or classroom activities. PCSO takes your YTA’s or JRSO’s

outside at the start/end of the school day and monitor any parking and traffic

issues.

Lesson or assembly plans. Photo of PCSO with

YTAs/JRSO’s

P2 School works with other

schools to promote safe

and sustainable travel

School may join up with other local schools to promote an event, for example, a

joint car free day. Primary school and Secondary school may link together to

look at active travel for transition days or other events.

Photos, risk assessments, lesson plans

P3 School presents their

work to other groups

School attends events where the audience is not only other schools, such as the

Modeshift Convention, to present their work

Copies of presentation; photos of the event

P4 School works towards the

Sustainable Schools

Framework

The schools is working towards the Sustainable Schools Framework. See

http://se-ed.co.uk/edu/sustainable-schools/ for information

Lesson plans; examples of pupils’ work.

P5 School works with Local

councillors/ Mayor/ MPs The school works with Local councillors/Mayor/MPs to promote or resolve issues

relating to sustainable travel or road safety

Copies of correspondence. Pictures of events.

P6 School has achieved Eco

School status

School has achieved Eco Schools Bronze, Silver or Green flag award. It

complements Modeshift STARS well as both have a focus on sustainable living

Picture of certificate, green flag or screenshot of the Eco

Schools logo on the school website

http://se-ed.co.uk/edu/sustainable-schools/



P7 School works with local

residents/ resident

associations to promote

safe and sustainable

travel

Schools may want to work with local residents to tackle the issue of parking

outside schools as it fosters better relationships between the school and its

neighbours.

Photos, letters to residents, letters to parents


charities/ NGOs to

promote safe and

sustainable travel

School works with Living Streets, Sustrans, CTC, British Cycling or local

organisations to promote safe and sustainable travel

Photos, lesson plans, letters


sport/ health partnerships

to promote safe and

sustainable travel

School works with health visitors to encourage active travel to school, looking at

healthy snacks for the journey to school, or sports providers by using journey to

school as part of the 60 minute daily activity.

Photos, risk assessments, letters to parents

P10 Other Partnerships 1 Any sustainable travel related partnership work not covered elsewhere. Use the

Action Title to name the initiative



initiative





initiative





initiative


Consultation Initiatives (2 for Bronze, 7 for Silver and 10 for Gold)

Pupils (0 for Bronze, 1 for Silver and 2 for Gold) Code Initiative name Example Examples of evidence

P1 In-depth pupil surveys

take place

In-depth surveys that explore pupils attitudes to sustainable/active travel and

barriers that they face

Copies and results of surveys

P2 Pupils conduct bike

counts

Pupils regularly monitor the number of bikes that are parked at school Recorded numbers of bikes provided

P3 Pupils undertake work to

complete the School

Travel Plan / STARS

application

Pupils devise initiatives / Action Plans and deliver activities, conduct Site Audits Examples of pupil’s work relating to the School Travel

Plan / STARS

P4 The School Travel Plan /

STARS is discussed at

School Council / pupil

meetings

School Travel Plan / STARS issues, actions and monitoring are key agenda item

at meetings

Minutes of meetings

P5 Pupils monitor WOW Pupils regularly monitor / collect Living Streets WOW Travel Tracker data Recorded numbers

Parents (0 for Bronze, 1 for Silver and 1 for Gold)


PA1 In-depth parent’s surveys

take place

In-depth surveys that explore parent’s attitudes to sustainable/active travel and





PA2 The School Travel Plan /


PTA (or similar) meetings


at meetings

Minutes of meetings

Staff (0 for Bronze, 1 for Silver and 2 for Gold)


S1 In-depth staff surveys

take place

In-depth surveys that explore staff attitudes to sustainable/active travel and



S2 The School Travel Plan /


staff meetings


at meetings

Minutes of meetings

SMT and Governors (1 for Bronze, 2 for Silver and 2 for Gold)


SM1 The School Travel Plan /


Senior Management /

Governors meetings


at meetings

Minutes of meetings


STARS is an item on the

Governor’s Annual

General Meeting agenda

The School Travel Plan / STARS is discussed at the meeting Minutes of the relevant part of the meeting




STARS is part of the

School Improvement /

Development Plan

The School Travel Plan / STARS is included within school policy documents Copy of the relevant part of the plan

Residents, Businesses and Local Community (0 for Bronze, 1 for Silver and 2 for Gold)


RBLC

1

Residents are informed of

the school’s efforts to

promote safe and active

travel

The school’s neighbours have been informed of the aims and objectives of the

School Travel Plan and are aware of the activities that are being delivered.

Copies of communications that have been distributed

RBLC

2

Residents are consulted

on the development and

implementation of the

School Travel Plan

The school’s neighbours have been consulted on the development and

implementation of the School Travel Plan / STARS

Results of surveys, consultation

RBLC

3

School engages with the

local community to

promote safe and active

travel across the area

Community centres, community groups, local sports clubs, etc support the work

of the school to promote safe and active travel.

Copies of communications between organisations and

evidence of activities delivered

RBLC

4

Schools seeks the

support of the business

community to promote

safe and active travel

Local businesses support the School Travel Plan / STARS activity of the school

which in turn supports their own STARSfor Sustainable Travel Award applications

Copies of communications between organisations and

evidence of activities delivered


Local Authority (1 for Bronze, 1 for Silver and 1 for Gold)


LA1 School is engaged with

the LA with regards to

implementing the School

Travel Plan and STARS

The Local Authority are aware of the school’s efforts to promote safe and active

travel

Copies of communications between the school & LA

(could be a Councillor, member of staff, department or

team)

Note: the same piece of evidence can be used more for more than one initiative

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