Check School Transport Eligibility on the Distance Rules — Free
Paste the route measurements and the policy thresholds, and read which rule your journey actually falls under.
The proof surface
Transport policies measure the shortest safe walking route, which is rarely the route a parent drives. Measuring both is what turns a refusal into a specific question about method.
Why the flat version breaks
Road-distance assumptions
Authorities usually measure the shortest safe walking route, which can be shorter or longer than the drive and flips the outcome.
Unsafe route ignored
A footpath that is unlit or crosses a fast road is often excluded from the measurement, and that exclusion is the argument to make.
Applying without measures
An application without distances invites a decision on the authority's own measurement, which is the version you have not seen.
How to work the eligibility ladder
Each route with its distance and the threshold you are checking it against.
The two figures the ladder places against each other.
Every rule is a rung with the measured distance marked and the margin over or under shown.
Send both measurements and ask which route and which measure the authority used.
What the ladder replaces
| Question | Before | On the ladder |
|---|---|---|
| Am I eligible | guess from the policy | each measurement against its threshold |
| Why was it refused | 'they said no' | the two route measures side by side |
| What to send | a general appeal | both measurements and a question about method |
Distances are yours; the ladder compares them with the threshold you quote and does not verify a route or a policy.
Run it on the samples, right here
FIRST-LOAD
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the eligibility ladder: your route measurements stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a climbing rung ladder
The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the ready-to-mail packet, and holds your drafts on this device — one free run, then $ 6 one-time for the layer that keeps filing.
The ladder and the measurements are free. The paid layer prints the application sheet with the route evidence listed.
Open the transport eligibility ladder companionBoundary
This eligibility ladder works only on the route measurements and policy thresholds you paste you paste. It does not decide your entitlement, does not verify a route, and does not appeal on your behalf. The figures describe what you supplied, not what is true in the world. Confirm anything you plan to act on with the local authority's transport team and, if refused, the appeals panel before you rely on it.
What this is built on
- Every figure comes from the route measurements and policy thresholds you paste you paste; nothing is looked up, scraped or asserted as verified.
- Method: each measurement is compared with the threshold on the same line; margins are printed as over or under
- Sample values are labelled samples — illustrative by design, not your data and not a quotation of any organisation's policy.
Before: the reader guessed the entitlement. After: they can see 2.7 miles by road against a 3-mile threshold, and 1.9 by footpath against 2.