Independent travel training for students with SEND

In October 2017 Warwickshire County Council began working with Lift Training (part of National Star College) to deliver travel training to students with special educational needs. We have three travel trainers working with students from schools and colleges across the county, with the opportunity for students to obtain an EdExcel qualification at the end of training.

The programme enables young people to develop the skills to travel to and from school or college independently and has proven very popular with four students now successfully trained and another nine students currently undertaking training.

One of the first students to complete the training was Anthony:

“Anthony completed his independent travel training under the direction of his trainer Ed in March and now travels to and from school independently.

In order for Anthony to achieve his goal of studying level one Animal Care at College in September Anthony completed several sessions to that location and on two of those days, some taster sessions were included.

This is Anthony training "Scout" in his final session with Ed to the College and  he is now fully prepared for the journey. All the staff at LIFT wish him well for his future.”

If you are a special school and would be interested in taking part in this scheme, please call 07976 231 383 or email lift-warwickshire@nationalstar.org

Alternatively, please visit the website https://www.nationalstar.org/learning-programmes/prospectus/lift-training/warwickshire/ where more information about the training programme is provided along with an online enquiry form.