To celebrate International Walk to School Month, we're inviting all primary and secondary schools to take part in our active travel competition:
- Little Trekkers – for primary schools
- Striders – for secondary schools.
This 1 week challenge runs from Monday 12 October to Friday 16 October 2026.
The challenge aims to inspire pupils, families, and young people to choose active travel and build sustainable habits.
How the competition works
Each class will carry out a simple daily hands-up survey to record how many pupils travelled to school using active travel. These include:
- walking
- wheeling
- cycling
- scooting
- park-and-stride (walking the last 10 minutes of the journey).
To boost engagement, schools are encouraged to nominate ‘campaign ambassadors’. These are pupils who can lead surveys and promote active travel within their class.
The school with the highest amount of active travel journeys over the 1-week period will be the winner.
Prizes
The top performing school in both Primary and Secondary categories will win a Halfords gift voucher.
The most improved school from last year’s challenge will also receive a prize to celebrate its achievement in encouraging more pupils to travel actively to school.
- 1st place: £300 voucher.
- Most improved: £100 voucher.
Winners will also receive a personalised certificate and a press release to celebrate their achievement.
All participating schools will be awarded an e-certificate for their commitment to active travel.
How to sign up
You'll need to complete a registration form before Monday 12 October 2026 and email this to transportinitiatives@medway.gov.uk.
What happens next
Once you’ve registered, you can download free resources to help run the competition in your school.
School results tables will be sent after registration is complete.
Resources
Little Trekkers
Striders
Other active school travel initiatives
There are various school events throughout the year that help to promote active travel.
Find out more on our following pages and websites:
You can also email us at transportinitiatives@medway.gov.uk for more information on active travel.