School Transport

Almost all students who are admitted to Oak Lodge have yet to develop the skills that would enable them to travel safely and independently to school.

The London Borough of Barnet SEN Transport Panel will consider parental requests for transport from Barnet residents. Parallel arrangements are in place for other local authorities that may commission a place at Oak Lodge.

If agreed the Transport Department will make arrangements and will tell you when your child will be picked up and returned home.

Any queries concerning transport should be addressed to your Local Authority. If the Panel refuse a request for transport, it becomes the parent’s/carer’s responsibility to ensure that students get to school on time and are safely collected at the end of the day.

Some school support staff are trained as travel-trainers and we aim to ensure wherever possible that students are either independent travellers or have made progress towards becoming so, by the time they leave school.