In phase one, uncertainty over Active Travel England’s ability to continue to support the project resulted in project activities being limited to continuing to support the 941 schools active at the end of the previous financial year. [...] Over the summer term 2023, some of these schools ceased their engagement with the project because of the uncertainty about continued support and due to other priorities at the end of the school year, though 877 (93%) were still active in July 2023. [...] 276 of these schools were supported for the rest of the financial year (260 active in the final month of the financial year) while focus shifted to recruiting as many new schools onto the program as possible, as the first two years in the programme are when we see the biggest impacts from WOW. [...] Modal shift figures for schools are weighted according to the size of the school, the number of days in the year on which it was active, and whether the school is new or continuing. [...] All our children love the badges and wear them with pride” – Teacher, Gorsefield Primary School The monetised benefits of the programme are notably lower this year than in previous years due to the delayed start of the programme and subsequent difficulties in recruiting new schools to target.
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Table of Contents
- Executive Summary 2
- WOW – the walk to school challenge 2
- Impact 2
- Participating Schools 4
- Working Across the Country 5
- Beneficiaries 7
- Modal Shift 7
- Phase Two: New Schools 8
- Phase Two: Continuing Schools 9
- Overcoming Barriers to Walking 10
- Economic Analysis 10
- Phase One Schools Converted to Other Funding Sources 11
- WOW Development 11
- Looking Ahead to Year Two 12
- Continuing Schools 12
- New Schools 12
- SRAs and Integration with Capital Investment Plans 12
- Extending Our Reach: Scalable Remote Delivery Pilot 12
- Appendix 1: Full Outputs and Outcomes 13
