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PAC warns against school transport cuts for over 16s

30 April 2026
 

Plans by local authorities to address rising school transport costs with cuts to post-16 provision would put access to education at risk for children and young people with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities), the Public Accounts Committee’s recent report on home-to-school transport warned.

In a bid to tackle rising school transport costs, councils are taking steps such as restricting non-statutory provision, particularly for 16–19-year-olds, it noted.

But the committee...

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