Independent travel training

• The majority of children and young people aged 10+ in the sample have not received any training to help them learn to travel to school independently (92%).
• Older children and young people are more likely to have received this type of training – 63% of 22-25 year olds have compared to 3% of 10-12 year olds.
• Just over two fifths of parents and carers are interested in their child or young person receiving this training (43%).
• The parents and carers of 19-21 year olds are more interested compared to those with children and young people from other age groups (50%).

Note: An asterisk (*) denotes a very small base size, caution should be taken when interpreting the results.

Total sample

Base (2021 sample): 386

The following chart shows that 8% of the children/ young people in the sample have received training to help them learn to travel to school independently.

 

Age groups

Base (2021 sample): 10-12 years (145) | 13-15 years (141) | 16-18 years (78) | 19-21 years (14*) | 22-25 years (8*)

The following chart shows that 22-25 year olds are most likely to have received training to help them learn to travel to school independently.

 

Total sample

Base (2021 sample): Those who have not received training (341)

The following chart shows that 8% of the children/ young people in the sample have received training to help them learn to travel to school independently.

 

Age groups

Base (2021 sample): 10-12 years (134) | 13-15 years (129) | 16-18 years (65) | 19-21 years (10*) | 22-25 years (3*)

The following chart shows that 22-25 year olds are most likely to have received training to help them learn to travel to school independently.