Transport

Fast and efficient management of home-to-school and other establishment transport

One Transport provides authorities with a comprehensive system for managing the essential task of arranging transport to and from school and other establishments each day. The system saves time for authority staff and helps ensure those who rely on free transport get the best possible service. It can also be used to manage adults’ social care transport needs.

Enables access to all the information you need from one place

One Transport enables authority staff to quickly access all the information they need to arrange home-school transport for children, including those who have physical disabilities or other special educational needs. At the click of a mouse, transport officers can find data on vehicles that will meet the specific needs of individual children or groups. Using GIS transport route maps can be viewed alongside details of whether vehicles are full or have spare capacity, saving time and enabling arrangements for home-to-school transport to be made efficiently.

From a list of qualified drivers and escorts whose details of training and CRB checks can be recorded, drivers can be assigned to take responsibility for specific routes and authority staff can provide children who may need medical care with appropriately qualified escorts to accompany them. Any changes to the contract details or qualifications of drivers and escorts, or to the support a child requires on their journey to and from school, will be immediately reflected throughout the system, ensuring the best possible standard of care is provided to children and their families.

Reduces workload

Time can be saved for authority staff in administering transport arrangements and booking vehicles as existing information on children, schools, establishments, drivers and escorts can be drawn direct from core data in One, reducing the need to re-key data.

Supports financial management of school transport

Managing the financial side of the provision of school transport is easier for authorities with One Transport. The system quickly and accurately assesses a child’s entitlement to free school transport through the use of geographical mapping software, which automatically measures the distance between the child’s home and school. Vehicle invoices and payments can be instantly generated, with contractors’ details drawn direct from existing data within One. Route and escort costs can be apportioned between budget codes based on details pre-defined by authority staff, such as VAT calculations, supporting effective budget-planning. One Transport will meet all the requirements of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, which extends the duty on local authorities to provide free transport for low-income families.

(click here for more information on Transport Functionality Sheet)