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Working with other schools

Suitable for all schools and nurseries.

Overview

Education phase

Key stage 2 Early years Key stage 3 Key stage 4 Key stage 5 Key stage 1

Categories of activity

Supporting

Types of activity

Partnerships

How it helps

  • Encourages community involvement
  • Encourages interaction with other pupils

About the activity

Work with other schools or nurseries to exchange information, ideas and resources and team-up on events and activities throughout your journey. This will help you to build stronger relationships with local schools and highlight the importance of active travel to a wider audience.

Ideas for working with other schools

  • Organise a walk or cycle to school competition together and award a trophy to the winning school each year – like a local derby!
  • Host a networking meeting to share ideas (your borough officer may be able to help with this)

Ideas for working with feeder schools

Working with your feeder schools can help ensure that new pupils arrive in September excited and already engaged with the Travel for Life Accreditation.

How to evidence your activity 

  • Record the feedback from other schools you work with and your colleagues and pupils who’ve been part of the partnership
  • Sign in to Travel for Life to add your story. Explain your activity, add any communications between the two schools and photos of joint events and activities

Activity steps

Step 1

Reach out. Speak to your borough officer and senior leadership to discuss opportunities for working with other local schools

Step 2

Get organised. Make contact with other schools/your feeder schools and discuss how you can work together on active travel events and promotion

Step 3

Pupil power. Involve your school travel working group to help plan and promote events and activities

Step 4

Celebrate success. Share your joint success by writing an update for your school newsletter, website or the local press

Step 5

Tell your story. Upload evidence in "my activities".