PaCConnect on Brighton & Hove Home to School Transport Service

This event is for parents and carers of children and young people aged 5-25 whose EHCP is held by Brighton & Hove SEND Department, whether you live in the city or not. The Parent Carer Council (PaCC) and the Home to School Transport Team (HTST) warmly invite you to a special PaCConnect about  Upcoming Changes to Home to School Transport (HTST)  in Brighton & Hove 

Who is this meeting for?

It’s for you if you already have a child/young person who uses the Home to School Transport (HTST) service to get to and from school or college. This could be by any means - a minibus or taxi, a Personal Travel Budget, or a Mileage Payment. Or if you are considering making an application for the service for your child/young person. 

What is the meeting about? 

The Home to School Transport Team will be sharing important information about the change-over from the current contract to a new way of managing the service. Currently it is a ‘Fixed Framework System’ but it will be moving over to a 4 year contract using a ‘Dynamic Purchasing System’ (DPS). The new system is set to go ‘live’ in September 2023.  

This means that, alongside our existing operators (firms providing home to school transport), we will be welcoming some new operators and their crews to provide the school/college runs. Additional operators may also join during the 4 year period from 2023 - 2027 which will help to ensure we can meet the demand from the growing numbers of children and young people who use the HTST service.  All the current runs will be put out for all operators to apply for.  This has to be done as part of the legal requirements of starting up a new 4 year DPS contract. We know that parents and carers will have questions and some concerns, and this is why we have organised the meeting.    

During the session 

The HTST Team will talk about why the new DPS is being put in place and explain how the changeover will happen. They will also use this session to explain the procedures that ensure that children and young people’s needs are considered when planning the service.

You will also learn about the safeguarding and training that is undertaken as a vital part of running the Home to School Transport Service for a group of children and young people with very diverse needs.

We have designed the session with plenty of time for parents and carers to ask questions.

Register here for the in-person session using the code HTST2023, there is also an online meeting option on the same day (Evening Meeting On Line (MS Teams) 7pm-9pm), which you can find listed on the Amaze Eventbrite page.

Refreshments will be provided and we can reimburse your travel costs.

A summary of the key points raised at the meetings will be circulated afterwards. There will be further communications to all families using Home to School Transport services between now and September, 2023. 

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