Active Travel Inspectors
Empowering young people to enhance everyday journeys
The Active Travel Inspectors scheme has been developed by Modeshift. The scheme aims to empower Key Stage 2 pupils to inspect their school neighbourhood, identifying ways to make walking, wheeling, and cycling easier and more enjoyable for school journeys.
Supported by school staff, pupils will become Active Travel Inspectors, tasked with assessing what supports or limits them from travelling actively. As a group, they will rate different aspects of the area and share ideas for improvements. Findings can be shared with local authorities and Modeshift in order to contribute to improving everyday journeys for everyone.
The Active Travel Inspector resource pack includes the following resources to support teachers and session facilitators:
Classroom PowerPoint slides that includes:
- An introduction to active travel and the benefits of walking, wheeling and cycling to school
- The role of an Active Travel Inspector
- An overview of the seven different themes to be inspected including: School Grounds, Spaces to Explore, Crossing the Road, Pavements for People, Motorised Traffic, Green Space and Sounds Around Us.
- Instructions for completing an inspection and how to report findin
Teacher Activity Booklet.
A printable activity booklet for the teacher to complete during the inspection that includes:
- Guidance on how to complete the inspection as a group
- Seven different themes to inspect and score including a list of relevant features to look for
- Fun facts and additional activities
Active Travel Inspector Activity Sheet.
A printable worksheet designed for pupils to use during their inspection that includes:
- Observation checklists to tick off any features they find
Inspection themes
School Ground
Space to Explore
Cross the Road
Pavements for People
Motorised Traffic
Green Spaces
Sounds and Smells Around us
Who is the Active Travel Inspectors scheme for?
The Active Travel Inspectors resources are designed for Key Stage 2 pupils (ages 7 – 11). However, they can be used by any school to conduct an Active Travel Inspection and we would love to hear your feedback on how the resources have been used with different age groups.
How to take part
The Active Travel Inspectors resources are free for any school in England access. To download the resources a school needs to be registered with the Modeshift STARS scheme. Once logged into the STARS system, you will be able to download the full set of resource from our ‘Guidance Dashboard’ menu to conduct your Active Travel Inspection.
Active Travel Inspector resource packs
If you wish to purchase printed Active Travel Inspector resources as well as an Active Travel Inspector resource pack to help complete your inspection, then you get visit the STARS Shop.
Reporting your findings
Once you have completed your Active Travel Inspection, we strongly encourage schools to record findings within the Modeshift STARS system so that your results can be shared with your local authority. On doing this, you will receive downloadable Active Travel Inspector certificates that you can share with the pupils who took part in your inspection.
