Walk to School
Walk to School is a programme of activities which supports schools to raise awareness of active travel with pupils and families. This could be to encourage:
- Increasing levels of physical activity
- Improving mental wellbeing
- Improving safety around the school gates
- Increasing awareness of environmental issues
With thanks to Herefordshire Council, we will continue to support schools through our FREE Walk to School programme up until February 2025. If you’re a school in Hereford city, one of the market towns, or are just simply committed to increasing the numbers of young people walking to school, please get in touch. We can provide free resources, lessons, assemblies and advice to help you raise awareness and create your own walk to school programme or initiative!
Take a look at our Walk to School impact reports to see what we have been up to!
Resources and Information
There are really great examples of how schools are supporting more pupils to Walk to School:
* Stretton Sugwas tell us about their Walking Bus has encouraged more families to Walk to School
* Withington and Lugwardine show how walking to school can engage pupils in nature through a nature walk
Wildlife Walks with Withington and Lugwardine
Park and Stride with Stretton Sugwas
Resources for families
Are you looking to walk to school more often? Even if you can park the car a little bit further away, just 10 minutes of walking can contribute to your child’s active 60 minutes! Why not try out some of our activities below to make the walk a bit more interesting! You can also track your progress with our wall chart.
Go on an Autumn Street Safari!
Take a few minutes on your walk to school to collect special items and celebrate autumn with some fun activities
Walk to School - Activities for families on the walk to school
Activities that you can do on the walk to school
Resources for Schools
Below are a number of resources to help you to encourage more active travel in your school.
Walking to School and using PE Premium v2
Examples of how you can use your PE Premium to support active travel to school
Walk to School - Bitesize activities for the classroom
Activities for children that can be used in the classroom to raise awareness of active travel (cross curricular links)