Modeshift STARS recognises best practice in the promotion of sustainable and active travel. Read our STARS Education case studies that focus on schools and other establishments have successfully delivered their Travel Plan and gained STARS accreditation.
Inspiring Active Travel Ambassadors at Beverley Grammar school awarded funding for new cycle and scooter storage
Students at Beverley Grammar inspire support from East Riding of Yorkshire Council with the aim to encourage cycling and scooting to school. The school are already fantastic ambassadors for sustainable travel but strive to encourage others…
Hear from Bridgewater Primary School in Hertfordshire who have reached Outstanding Accreditation
Interview with Andrea Bettridge and Rachael Skelding, Bridgewater Primary School in Hertfordshire.
Tell us about Bridgewater Primary School and congratulations on achieving Outstanding STARS Accreditation!
We have 458 children in our…
Meet Paul White, Travel Plan Co-ordinator from the award winning Woodville Primary School in Essex
We caught up with Paul White, Travel Plan Coordinator (TPC) at Woodville Primary School, Essex to find out more about his role and what the school how their plans to keep staff, parents and students engaged with their active travel initiatives
How…
Active Travel Ambassadors show off their entrepreneurial skills
Modeshift STARS Regional winners and National Awards finalists Applefields School in York have stepped up their game and added a shop to their Active Travel efforts.
The school are taking part in our Active Travel Ambassador (ATA) programme…
Hear from The Ridge Primary School – South Gloucestershire STARS Local Authority Primary School of the Year 2023/2024
Interview with Active Travel Champions: The Ridge Primary School, South Gloucestershire STARS Local Authority Primary School of the Year 2023/2024
We spoke to Beverley Furber from The Ridge Junior School, who were recently awarded STARS…
Portercroft School, Sheffield share their Outstanding Travel Plan accreditation success.
Interview: Portercroft School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Portercroft School recently gained a STARS Outanding Travel Plan accreditation.
We spoke with Deputy Headteacher, Sarah Holman, and Teaching Assistant, Paula Edwards formerly of Sheffield…
Modeshift Active Travel Ambassadors share their success!
In March 2022 Modeshift, in partnership with The Bikeability Trust, was awarded funding by the Active Travel England to deliver a pilot Active Travel Ambassadors programme across England as a means to increase walking and cycling levels…
Modeshift National School Travel Award winners, Forest Park School share outstanding accreditation success!
We are delighted to celebrate the success of Forest Park School for achieving their Outstanding STARS Accreditation. The school were also winners at the recent Modeshift National School Travel Awards, receiving an award for National…
Modeshift Primary School of the Year – Bishop Wood Primary School, Tring
A presentation took place in celebration of Bishop Wood Primary School in Tring winning the prestigious Modeshift STARS ‘Primary School of the Year’ award for an excellent school travel plan.
Since 2015, Janet Reeve, teacher and School…
Cambridgeshire County Council Road Safety Team create a bubble of active travel
Looking to increase the uptake of pupils actively travelling to school. Cambridgeshire County Council Road Safety Team looked to the #Stay Safe Get Active Walking Bubble feature developed in the Modeshift STARS Education platform.
The Council…
Murrow Primary Academy Stay Safe and Get Active with a STARS Walking Bubble
Murrow Primary Academy located in the East of England have been working hard to support pupils in getting active on the journey to school. The school faced many challenges with parking issues causing much disruption at the beginning at the end…
STARS Spotlight – Alfreton Nursery School, Derbyshire
Find out how this nursery became nominated for STARS Early Years Setting of the Year at the 2020 STARS Awards.
Behaviour Change seen at the school
Having already previously integrated sustainable travel into their…
STARS Spotlight – Pennycross School, Plymouth
Find out how this school became nominated for STARS Primary School of the Year 2020
Behaviour Change seen at the school
Pennycross have worked with Sustrans for years to promote active travel and have introduced several…
STARS Spotlight – Kings’ School, Hampshire
Find out how this school became nominated for the National STARS Awards.
Behaviour Change Seen at the School
Reduction in idling buses waiting at the beginning and end of the school day. Creation of a drop and stride location map, which…
STARS Spotlight – St Clere’s School, Thurrock
Find out how this school became nominated for STARS Secondary School of the Year at the National STARS Awards!
Behaviour Change seen at the school
We are a growing school with a growing student population. We are working with parents to…
STARS Spotlight – Allendale Primary School Northumberland
This week we look at Allendale Primary School in Northumberland, winner of Primary School of the Region for the North East
Behaviour Change seen at the school
Despite their rural location Allendale Primary has a very proactive, ‘can…
STARS Spotlight – Shepherd Primary, Hertfordshire.
Find out how this school became nominated for the Modeshift STARS National School Travel Awards
Behaviour Change seen at
the school
Shepherd
school have worked with a carrot and stick approach to encourage active travel
to school. They…
STARS Spotlight – Longcroft School and Sixth Form College
Find out what Longcroft School and Sixth Form did to become nominated for the STARS Education Awards.
Why the local authority has nominated this school
Longcroft
School have come a long way since the school appeared in local press…
STARS Spotlight – Tweedmouth Community Middle School
Find out how this STARS School became nominated for the Modeshift STARS National School Travel Awards
Behaviour Change seen at
the school
Tweedmouth Community Middle has continued to raise the profile of sustainable travel and to encourage…
STARS Spotlight – Heath Hayes Primary Academy – Staffordshire
Find out how this school became nominated for the National STARS Primary School of the Year...
Behaviour Change seen at the school
With
Heath Hayes Academy it is not so much a behaviour change but a whole school
change. I first started…
STARS Spotlight: Growing Up Green Day Nursery Preston Road
This week we look at Growing up Day Nursery Preston Road, Nominee for the STARS Early Years Establishment of the Year. They were awards Early Years Establishment of the year for the South East of England.
Behaviour Change seen at the…
Modeshift STARS National Awards Nominee – Brookfield Junior Academy – Rotherham
Behaviour Change seen at the school
The percentage of pupils travelling to school by car has reduced massively from over 41% to less than 10% between 2017/18 and 2018/19. This has been brought about by…
Spotlight on Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School National School Travel Awards Nominee
Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School are nominated for the National School Travel Awards that will take place in London in March 2020. They will go up against the other Modeshift STARS Schools of the region to compete for the…
Modeshift STARS is the Centre of Excellence for the delivery of Effective Travel Plans in Education, Business, and Residential settings.