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Personal travel budget

Personal Travel Budget (PTB) is an option of travel assistance available to parents whose children have an Education, Health and Care Plan, (EHCP). It assists with the costs of taking their children to school or college. Children have to be assessed as being eligible to receive travel assistance before they can receive a PTB.

What can you use it for?

You can spend it how you like, as long as your child travels in a way that ensures their safety, encourages their attendance and they arrive at on time and in a positive manner ready to learn.

Some ideas for spending include:

  • purchasing a travel pass for yourself or a trusted adult to accompany your child
  • paying for a passenger assistant for your child to walk or to travel by public transport, or arrange to do this yourself
  • covering the cost of driving your child
  • covering the cost of cycling with your child
  • covering the cost of childcare for a sibling to enable you to take your child
  • arranging with other parents for shared travel, such as shared driving responsibilities, walking buses or joint taxi bookings

How much will you get?

You can find out how much you could be paid by using the PTB calculator, this can be found on our personal travel budget calculator page. Please note that when an offer of a budget is made by us, this will be based on the shortest available route between home and school. Therefore, the total value of the budget may be different to what you have calculated.

Further information about eligibility and how a personal budget may work for you is available from the School Planning and Organisation Team.

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Payment dates for 2024/25

Payment schedule

Date

Autumn term payment

13 September 2024

Spring term payment

17 January 2025

Summer term payment (half a term)

17 April 2025

Final payment (half a term)

8 August 2025

Further information