Schools Programme

Apply for the Active Travel School’s Programme

Applications to have the Sustainable Travel Team visit your school and deliver Scootability and/or Gearing You Up next academic year (2026/27) will open 1st May 2026 and close 29th May 2026. Come back later to access the booking form!

Scootability 

Scootability is a fun and engaging practical session aimed mainly at Year 2 pupils, designed to introduce the importance and basics of scooter safety. Children learn key skills such as safe stopping, controlled manoeuvring, awareness of others, and how to use scooters responsibly in busy environments.

It’s an energetic, confidence‑boosting session that supports pupils to travel actively and safely.

Gearing You Up

Gearing You Up is a confidence‑building session created for all Year 6 pupils to help them prepare for their move to secondary school. The programme is designed to make the transition smoother, safer and less daunting, by helping pupils feel more independent in how they travel.

Sessions typically include:

• Basic cycle maintenance – we teach them how to change the inner tube and  simple checks to ensure a bike is safe and road‑ready.
• A map‑reading exercise – helping pupils understand routes, directions and journey planning.

Overall, Gearing You Up supports pupils to feel ready, capable and confident when travelling to their new school — effectively gearing them up for secondary life.

Modeshift STARS

Register with Modeshift STARS (Sustainable Travel Accreditation and Recognition for Schools) programme. This is a national awards scheme to recognise schools demonstrating excellence in supporting cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable travel. You can be awarded one of the following award levels –  Approved, Good, Very Good, and Outstanding if you choose to participate. It’s completely free, and if you choose to join the 12,000 other schools taking part, your school will automatically have a brand new national standard School Travel Plan.  

For further information you can view this guide for schools. 

For help setting up your Modeshift STARS account, please contact us on choosehowyoumove@leics.gov.uk

Park and Stride Campaign

A Park and Stride scheme encourages families to park away from school and walk the last part of their journey. This is a great way to add physical exercise to their school journey.

If you would like guidance on setting up a Park and Stride site for your school, you can check out this page on Living Streets. 

Personalised Mapping Tool

Through the use of a mapping tool, schools can receive a personalised map which is centralised around their primary school. This map will provide walking routes and timed distances to the school and can be provided to parents, new families starting at the school and saved to the school website. For more information on a personalised map for your school please get in touch!

Bike Skills

An introductory bike skills session led by a nationally accredited Bikeability trained instructor, these bike skills sessions will aim to provide the recipients with the skills and confidence for all kinds of cycling. These skills can then be out into practice to cycle to school and should cycling be incorporated into P.E lessons and active lunch and break times. This scheme is run by Leicestershire County Council’s Road Safety Education team. More information can be found here. 

Street Feet

Street Feet is a role playing initiative that encourages children to act responsibly on or near roads and to also help them to choose safer routes to school, home and the park. This fun interactive initiative is designed for foundation stage children and is delivered by a road safety professional from Leicestershire County Council. The Road Safety team also provide a Road Safety Education Programme for Primary and Secondary schools across the county. You can find out more information by contacting the team.  

WOW Tracker 

The WOW Tracker provided by Living Streets is a simple and effective online tool that allows schools to record and celebrate pupils’ active journeys to school. It helps to promote active travel, reduce congestion around the school gate and supports schools’ sustainability goals.