Request for travel assistance
Adult learners aged 19-25 with an
education, health and care plan

The Council’s obligations for transport assistance for adult students to education and training settings, starting a course after their 19th birthday, falls under Section 508F of the Education Act 1996.   This requires local authorities to make such transport arrangements they consider “necessary” to facilitate the attendance of eligible adult students at relevant education and training settings.  If an adult student chooses to attend an education or training setting which does not fall within the Council’s Post-16 transport policy arrangements, transport assistance will not normally be provided.

The Council aims to ensure that adult students whose special educational needs and/or disabilities prevent them from being able to travel independently, and who have no other means of transportation, are able to undertake further education and training after their 19th birthday, until the end of the academic year in which they reach 25 years of age, to help them move towards more independent living.

The student must	
1	Be aged between 19-25 and start the course after their 19th birthday	
2	Have an education, health and care plan maintained by Solihull Council	
3	Attend a qualifying college or educational setting in the West Midlands area which can meet the educational needs described in student’s EHCP, and funded by the Council	
4	Be unable to travel to their course independently	

Each application will be assessed on an individual basis to establish what travel support may be necessary to enable attendance.   The assessment will take into consideration all relevant factors, including:

•	The age of the adult, the nature of the route, or alternative routes, which the adult could reasonably be expected to take. 
•	The impact a learning difficulty or disability may have on the student’s ability to travel.
•	The complexity and duration of the route – so that the student should be able to reach their education or training without incurring such stress, strain, or difficulty that they would be prevented from benefiting from the education provided.
•	Assessment by the Travel Training team as being unable to travel independently.
•	Use of other sources of funding available for transport from the educational setting or otherwise.
•	Use of higher rate mobility component of the Personal Independence Payment.
•	Use of Motability vehicle assigned to the applicant.
•	Availability of a driver for the Motability vehicle.
•	The extent to which there is a parent or carer willing and able to help with transport.

Read the Post-16 Transport policy statement	https://www.solihull.gov.uk/Schools-and-learning/Help-with-travelling-to-school 	
Contact us if you need help	8	edtrans@solihull.gov.uk
	0121 704 6610	

	Age 19-25 | May 2021

Request for travel assistance
Adult learners aged 19-25 with an education, health and care plan		
Adult learner’s name		
Date of birth		
Address		
		Post code		
Name of person making the application		
Relationship to adult learner		
Email		
Home phone		Mobile phone		
College you need to get to		
College address		
		Post code		
Attendance	Days	 Monday	 Tuesday	 Wednesday	 Thursday	 Friday	
	Times						
What are sort of support you applying for?

	

	

		
Office use:	Decision:								Distance:	
Evidence you need to send in support of your request 	•	Letter from a medical professional stating why you are unable to travel independently to college 
•	Copy of your DLA/PIP award letter showing receipt of mobility benefit if the student receives this.	

Is there anything else you think we should consider?	

	

	
		
Have you had had travel assistance before?		
How do you travel to school or college now?		
How do you travel to places other than school or college?	

	

	
Do you travel in your own wheelchair?	Yes / No	
If we need more information our Travel Options Assessment Officer will contact you	
	I confirm that the information provided is accurate, to the best of my knowledge.  Transport team is collecting your information and will use it to process your application.  If you qualify for assistance we will share your data with other agencies and service providers to ensure that the appropriate service is delivered.  Your information may also be shared with other council services and partner organisations to ensure our records are kept accurate and to help us to identify services or benefits you may be entitled to or interested in. We may also need to share your information for the prevention and detection of fraud and/or other crimes or as the law requires. For further information about how we use your information please refer to the Council’s Privacy Statement on www.solihull.gov.uk or contact edtrans@solihull.gov.uk. 

Signed:			Date:	

Return this form to:

School Transport
Solihull Council
Manor Square
Solihull  B91 3QB
	
Contact us:

8	edtrans@solihull.gov.uk

(	0121 704 6610

Age 19-25 | April 2023