DATA
Our interactive dashboard provides school-level, localised insights on how far London primary pupils are travelling and whether they are likely to be travelling actively or being driven.​​​​
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1.0 Explore the interactive dashboard
4.0 Use this data in your active travel programs
2.0 Tips for using the dashboard
1.0 ABOUT THE Dashboard
The average driving rate for a London primary pupil travelling under 1 mile to school is 7%, that increases to 65% for distances of 1-2 miles [National Travel Survey]; the distance pupils have to travel to school is a huge determinant of how they travel. So, we applied these London driving rates to actual London primary pupil travel distances. The dashboard panels below enables you to better understand school run travel for primary schools, and work out which school trips are most likely to be made sustainably and which are likely to be driven. You can take a look from a city-wide view, or break it down to Inner or Outer London, borough, ward, school type and school. These insights can help us better understand how many primary pupils are already travelling sustainably, which justifies the need for safe and healthy streets. Additionally, it can help to identify the areas and trip lengths generating the most school run driving, which can inform solutions.
2.0 TIPS FOR USING THE DASHBOARD
Each panel shows a different view of the data, depending on whether you are interested in detailed travel distances for a school or borough [Overview], a borough comparative [Borough], a ward and school comparative [Ward] or to investigate school types [School Types]. On each panel, you can use the filters to select a school, school type, ward or borough of interest. This will update the analysis on the panel for that selection. You don't have to select every filter, you can jump straight to the filter of interest E.g. if you want to select a school you can just go to the school filter, you don't have to first select all the other filters first. For help understanding what the analysis on each panel displays, you can refer to our User Guide.
3.0 Modelling methodology
The school pupils travel distances are based on 2022 pupil catchment information which we scaled up to reflect the on-the-road distance that would be travelled by that pupil. For independent schools since there is no publicly available catchment information we estimated their catchment information.
​The pupil travel mode was modelled using the National Travel Survey London average travel mode for each distance band (7% for distances under 1 mile, 65% for 1-2 miles etc). Since this is a London average, this method will not account for factors such as car ownership, public transport, school culture which will in reality affect the driving rates for each borough/school. We hope to improve on this in future versions. Find out more on the methodology page.
4.0 data to help your active travel programs
If your remit as a council officer or councillor involves school streets or active travel, you can use the data insights in the dashboard to justify your school street or sustainable travel programmes. You can plan for them and take a deep dive into what other solutions are needed in your borough to reduce school run traffic.
COUNCIL officers and ward councillors
PARENTS AND CAMPAIGNERS
Do you want a safer area outside your school at drop off and pick up? Would you like to see a bike bus or a walking line? Or perhaps you are simply pulling your hair out at the school run traffic on your local roads? You can use the data insights to make your community campaigns stronger, clearer and more persuasive.
5.0 London key FINDINGS
The data in our dashboard provides integrated primary school travel insights from a Londonwide level right down to a ward or school level. At the Londonwide level;
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75% of primary pupils are walking and cycling to school, which is 600,000 pupils. These pupils often face road danger and pollution on these daily journeys and they deserve safer and healthier routes to school.
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25% of London primary pupils, which is 200,000 pupils are driven to school and we estimate these journeys make up 480,000 car trips per day.
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School run car use is most prevalent in the distance range of 1-2 miles to school. 100,000 of the total 200,000 primary pupils driven to school, are travelling this distance range, which is clearly where parents and children are finding it more challenging to walk or cycle to school.
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More top level insights on how far pupils are travelling across boroughs and schools types, are detailed in our Key Findings. .
Any questions?
Please feel free to give us an email at hello@solvetheschoolrun.org.