HomeRun STEP
The UK’s first intelligence platform for the school run
Giving councils a consistent, evidence-led basis for planning and prioritising school travel at scale.
HomeRun STEP is currently being used by multiple local authorities to understand school travel, prioritise interventions, and support evidence-led decision-making.
The challenge councils face
of UK schools lack up-to-date travel information
Limited officer capacity
and resources
In many authorities, just one or two officers may be responsible for supporting hundreds of schools, making consistent engagement and analysis extremely difficult.
Reliance on school engagement that is hard to sustain
Councils often depend on schools finding the time and resources to engage, leading to patchy participation and uneven coverage.
Insufficient data for
evidence-led decisions
Without consistent, up-to-date data, it is difficult to plan strategically, prioritise interventions, or justify investment with confidence.
So… what if we didn’t
need to engage schools to understand school travel?
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Introducing STEP
STEP - the School Travel Evaluation Platform - was created to give councils a consistent, scalable way to understand and plan the school run.
Using anonymised postcode data and a rich dataset of hundreds of thousands of school journeys, STEP models how pupils travel to school today and what sustainable alternatives are realistically possible - without relying on surveys or engagement from individual schools.
This provides councils with a defensible evidence base to plan, prioritise, and justify action at scale.
“STEP pinpoints where and which interventions will work best saving time, money, and effort.”
> Helen Akpabio
Active Travel Manager, Essex County Council
STEP Benefits
Save significant officer time by automating travel analysis – without relying on school engagement
Prioritise School Streets and active travel interventions with evidence
Strengthen funding bids with quantified, defensible insight
Improve equity by assessing all schools consistently
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Integrate the school run into wider transport and place-based planning
Case studies
How councils and communities are using STEP
“We are blown away by what STEP can do and it’s exactly what the sector has been crying out for. It can help us finally make a profound change on the school run.”
> Francesca Agostini
Co-founder, Green School Runs
Interested in exploring STEP for your authority?
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