Home to School SEND Travel Assistance - Application Process

Home to school travel assistance is provided by the SEND Travel Assistance team.

Wandsworth council is committed to promoting greater independence and ability to children/young people with SEND who may need additional support when travelling from home to school.

Please see the SEND Travel Assistance policy for more information.

How to apply 

An online application will need to be fully completed and submitted to the SEND Travel Assistance Team. The completed application will be assessed against DfE Guidance, and the SEND Travel Assistance Policy, for eligibility at a future fortnightly panel. The panel’s decision will be communicated to the parent within fourteen working days. A further 15 working days will be required in order to safely set up all agreed forms of SEND Travel Assistance. The whole process can take up to approximately one month to complete.

Application form outcome

The panel decision will be communicated to the parents within 14 working days, after the application was assessed at the SEND Travel Assistance Panel, against DfE Guidance and the SEND Travel Assistance Policy.  

Travel Assistance for the new academic school year (September)

Travel Assistance application forms are required where the child/young person will be starting a new school/college in September or changing address.  The application form will need to be submitted by the last Friday of June.  Application forms submitted after this date, may not be set up in time for the start of the new school year.

For help completing the application form, please contact the WIASS team using the link below. 

Please note, they are only able to provide general advice on completing the application form.  They are unable to provide advice on the SEND Travel Assistance team’s processes.

Wandsworth Information, Advice and Support Service (WIASS)

If you have questions on completing the Application form, or would like any further advice, please contact the SEND Travel Assistance team using the email below.