Resources for your active travel school plan
Use our resources to create an active travel school plan and engage your school community in walking, wheeling and cycling.
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Drawing from years of experience working with schools and local authority partners across Wales, our materials provide practical guidance and advice for promoting active travel within schools.
Main resources
Unlock your school's active travel potential with this the template and step-by-step guide for your active travel school plan.
Examples and case studies
These example actions and activities will give you lots of ideas for your school. Have a look at the rural/urban examples to find more inspiration on what an active travel school plan can look like.
Download the example actions document
Download the example template (urban school)
Download the example template (rural school)
Download the case study: Bike Storage
Download the case study: Bike Shelter
Download the case study: Pupil Referral Unit
Download the case study: School Street
Download the case study: Active Journeys
Download the case study: Infrastructure Changes
Promotional leaflet
Raise awareness of active travel by sharing this promotional leaflet with your school community.
Walking zones map
Create an inspiring walking zone map for your school community, indicating the estimated time it takes to get to school by foot.
Hands Up Survey
Engage your school in the national Travel to School Hands Up Survey, an annual initiative presented to all schools in Wales by Public Health Wales.
The survey is a fun way to raise awareness for active travel amongst children in years 1-6 and to encourage pupils to consider walking, wheeling or cycling to school. The survey doubles as an enjoyable classroom activity, requiring less than ten minutes to complete.
Resources for the classroom
Find engaging school lesson plans, assemblies and workshops aligned with the Curriculum for Wales framework, designed to deepen understanding of your school environment.
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Healthy street check pack
This comprehensive resource pack sheds light on various aspects of street design and how it can help to make a street ‘healthy’ or not.
Through interactive fieldwork activities, students will explore how their school streets are configured for active travel.
The pack includes lesson plans, pupil workshops, teacher guidance, and a presentation on street design.
Download the resources below:
- Safer street design assembly
- Teacher guidance
- Wheel support sheet
- Good and bad streets workshop
- Street analysis workshop
- Street trumps lesson
- Safer street design lesson
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20-minute neighbourhood pack
Explore the concept of 20-minute neighbourhoods and the significance of space with this resource pack.
Delve into a series of four classroom workshops aimed at evaluating the local area around the school, identifying barriers to walking, wheeling and cycling, and fostering a sense of community connectivity.
Download the resources below: