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Find out what transport support is available for young people aged over 19 with special educational needs.
When a student with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), who is above the age of 19 and below the age of 25 years, starts a new course of education, an additional assessment is made (reflecting the council’s obligations under both the Care Act 2014 and the Education Act 1996, s 508F) to determine whether it is necessary for the council (rather than the student or family) to make their own travel arrangements.
We will consider:
We would not generally consider work or childcare commitments as an exceptional reason for travel assistance to be provided.
This assessment is normally completed by the young person's social worker, as the criteria is determined by the Care Act 2014.
Based on the assessment, if the student has alternative means to support transport to educational provision the local authority is unlikely to provide travel assistance.
However, if the assessment identifies that a student does not have any other way of getting to the educational provision the local authority will provide travel assistance free of charge.
Students undertaking a work-based learning programme such as an apprenticeship or supported internship would need to apply for Access to Work funding to support their transport needs.