Get information and support Free legal guides and template letters SEN and disability law SEN and disability case law Case summaries R v Hereford and Worcester County Council, ex parte P 2 [1992] 2 FCR 732 Case overview This case was about the arrangements made for transporting a boy with Down’s Syndrome to a special school. The minibus journey was not a direct journey to school as it collected and dropped off a number of other children to different schools. This meant that the journey took an hour each way, and due to his needs the child had to be strapped in all the time. If the minibus took the most direct route to the child's school, the journey would take half an hour each way. What does this mean? The decision says that home-to-school transport arrangements must allow a child “to reach school without undue stress, strain or difficulty such as would prevent him from benefitting from the education the school has to offer’. This means that journeys to school should be suitable and appropriate for the individual child’s needs. No case report is available online. You can find more information, in our section on home-to-school transport. Manage Cookie Preferences