Teaching independent travel training

Develop your skillset and experience in travel training with the Open Awards Level 2 award in Skills for Teaching Independent Travel.

As a qualified travel trainer, you are equipped to teach people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to travel independently. Travel independence is essential when preparing young people for adulthood, as it develops life skills and builds confidence. Travel training also can save local authorities hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Our offer

Leeds City Council can deliver the Open Awards Level 2 award in Skills for Teaching Independent Travel training course, over a period of two days at locations across the United Kingdom including our office space in Leeds City Centre.

We can deliver bespoke training in your local area. We can help you find additional participants or may be flexible on the numbers in certain circumstances. Contact us to discuss further.

Our experience

Leeds City Council's qualified trainers:

  • have over 15 years of experience of delivering and managing a travel training service
  • have successfully trained over 2,000 students to successfully travel independently
  • have trained over 60 councils, schools, and colleges to deliver independent travel training within their organisations
  • are nationally recognised as being leaders in the field of independent travel training, being Transport for London’s course provider of choice

Hundreds of delegates have received an Open Award Level 2 qualification in Teaching Independent Travel through Leeds City Council since 2015.

Course content

The Skills for Teaching Independent Travel training:

  • teaches delegates how to problem solve during travel training
  • teaches delegates how to understand and implement the processes for teaching independent travel
  • includes a practical activity which enables delegates to risk assess routes
  • offers a valuable networking opportunity with likeminded individuals in your field

Prices

Our prices for 2025:

  • From £450 per person
  • Free for Leeds-maintained schools (with a charge of £37pp to cover the cost of the awarding body), on the condition that they work with the children’s transport team to successfully travel train children and young people who are dependent on taxis to travel to and from school

There may be an opportunity for Leeds academies and colleges to be reimbursed with part of the training cost. This would be under the condition that students who use Leeds City Council funded transport are travel trained to use public transport to travel to school or college as an alternative.

Reviews

Our training course has also received glowing reviews from participants who have praised its effectiveness in enhancing their skills and knowledge:

“The training was extremely useful and helpful to me. I was able to take a lot of information back to my team at Greenwich and felt it is going to be very beneficial for us to begin our in-house travel training for the future.”
“Well structured, well delivered and extremely helpful.”
“Amazing trainer's knowledge supported with real life examples when real situations were discussed and learned from. Thank you, great training.”

Book a place

For more information or to reserve your place, please email the Independent Travel Training (ITT) team.

Email

ITTLeeds@leeds.gov.uk