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Pupils encouraged to #StaySafeGetActive this September!

As pupils prepare to return to education in September, a national initiative has been launched to encourage parents and children to improve safety and air quality around schools, as well as activity levels. Modeshift STARS, which recognises…

Schools Streets

School Streets schemes aim to transform roads outside schools, so that pedestrians and cyclists can use them at school start and finish times. Removing vehicles outside the school gates makes the space safer, less polluted and more pleasant,…
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Celebrating the first Modeshift STARS Business Bronze Accreditation to be awarded to a Birmingham workplace

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust has been awarded Modeshift STARS Business Bronze Accreditation for the delivery of their Travel Plan, making it the first workplace in Birmingham to achieve this award. The Trust’s Travel Plan…
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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…
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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…
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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…

North Yorkshire Youth Travel Ambassadors lead the way in safer, cleaner school travel

Students from three North Yorkshire secondary schools will be encouraging their peers to use more environmentally friendly ways of travelling. Students from three North Yorkshire secondary schools will be encouraging their peers to use more…
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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…
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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…
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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…

Schools across the country reaching for the STARS at Regional Awards

Throughout November the Modeshift STARS Education Regional Awards took place across the country. Five events took place in London, York, Birmingham and Bristol. Over 90 nominated schools from across England were invited to attend the awards…