Home to school transport

The regulations for post 16 transport to and from school change.  There is no statutory requirement to provide travel assistance for post 16 students.

You should check with your local authority for their process. All students have the right to apply for transport assistance, but there is no guarantee that your child will automatically have access to Home to school transport once they reach age 16. All young people that plan to carry on with their education post 16 must re-apply for travel support. If transport is agreed for students aged 16-18 years old, it may be that there is a parental contribution required towards the travel assistance. Details for this contribution should be available on the local authority local offer website.

This is not something that we as a school have a responsibility for, so you will need to re-apply for Home to school transport to your local authority by the end of the summer term, in order to ensure that this is in place for September. It is strongly advised that you do this as soon as possible.

Application forms will be available on your local authority website. Please search under the Local offer, or contact your case officer.

Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) - Bracknell Forest

Bracknell Forest have advised that it is not necessarily a given that a student’s EHC plan will continue until they are 25. This must be based in evidence that additional time is needed to complete their education and training AND they are making progress. Therefore, if they are wishing to transfer from a post-16 to another post-16 it must be because they cannot continue to progress on their chosen pathway without doing so (i.e. the next level of course/ qualification cannot be accessed at their current setting). Additionally, if a student is on track to attain A-levels/ Level 3 qualifications, the next steps of progression would be higher education or employment – this will mean that the EHCP is no longer required and therefore will cease at the end of the academic year.

Useful Information from Bracknell Forest on their phase transfer processes is attached below.

Please do check the process for your Local Authority.

Preparation for Transition

More information on preparing your child for their transition can be found on the NDTi, National Development Team for Inclusion, website. 

Managing money and finding employment

The National Autistic Society offer three free courses for autistic people - one on managing money,  one on finding employment and one on the mental health of autistic teenagers. 

College Open Days

Information on the open days offered by local colleges can be found in the document below.