CLARITY FOR COMPLEX TRANSPORT PLANNING
We put people at the heart of sustainable route planning. Our technology helps teams design effective shared journeys, especially for home to school transport.
I AM A …
TRANSPORT COORDINATOR
Delivering vital support for vulnerable pupils is tough – with tight budgets, shifting expectations, and constant change. We help you do more, with better value and impact.
ADMISSIONS OFFICER
Determining distance for school transport eligibility is complex and can be contentious. Getting it right first time improves service to families and cuts down on appeals.
CONSULTANT
Consulting demands clarity, trust, and proof. QRoutes Vantage equips you with the evidence and insight to drive smarter decisions and measurable impact.
Find the savings in your network, free
Snapshot Scan compares your current routes with an optimised version of your network. To get it, upload your route data securely and we’ll return your Snapshot Score, a benchmark of how efficiently your network runs today.
Your free report also shows how alternative fleet options and sharing vehicles across multiple sites could improve your results further.
Know exactly where your network stands, with Snapshot Scan.
What customers say about QRoutes
Jon Shipton: “All of our expectations were exceeded”
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Real results from real customers
Jon Shipton: The demand for SEND transport is rising exponentially. The number of EHCPs that are being issued is undoubtedly increasing. The forecast over the next five years is there is going to be a 30% increase in the number of EHCPs being issued, and that has a direct effect on the demand for SEND transport.
As a council, we’re tasked with trying to find cost savings all the time. When we first applied to invest in QRoutes, we had to do some detailed business plans and justification as to why we needed the council to make this investment. The question was, “Why? What’s wrong with the way that you’re doing things now?” We didn’t have any system beforehand, and everything was being done manually. Obviously, our expectations were high, but I don’t think any of us expected the marked efficiency and the speed in the way that QRoutes can actually process what we need it to process. It was incredible, to be perfectly honest. All of our expectations were exceeded. But I think the results have proved themselves.
This is our first year of using QRoutes fully. Last year, when it went live, we were in the middle of the planning process. So this year will be our first year, but we are already showing the efficiencies that we hoped to show. And in our opinion anyway, QRoutes has already paid for itself. It’s given us the confidence to go back to the members and to the corporate issue team and say, “This is really effective, it’s working, and we now need to look at other efficiencies that we can make,” and have the confidence to actually make those investments.
QROUTES
Route optimisation for shared journeys when costs, carbon, and journey experience really matter. It’s designed for SEND and Mainstream transport planners who know and care about what good looks like, and want to find savings of up to 20% more than competing optimisation products.
VANTAGE
The ultimate tool for SEND transport planners, service directors, and CFOs who want to explore every available avenue to protect services now, and creatively shape their future. Optimisation without compromise. Planning without borders. Transformation without limits.
QPATHS
QPaths helps local authorities quickly assess the distance eligibility for home to school transport requests by identifying pupils’ shortest safe walking routes, closest school, and catchments.
Use Cases
- Fewer routes
- Lower emissions
- Fewer extended journeys
- Define who travels with who
- See impact of road restrictions and LTNs
- Cost tracking and anomaly detection
- Optimisation reduces the number of contracts by up to 20%
- Prioritise passenger types for more cost effective routes
- Reduce single occupancy taxis
- Quickly test what-if options
- Calculate the emissions from each route
- Predefined emission estimates for different vehicle types
- Or configure your own
An extra pair of hands
Our team has spent decades working with – and within – home-to-school transport teams across the UK and internationally. We bring market-leading routing technology and comprehensive operational knowledge to every project.
We understand the complexities: you’re managing passenger needs, operator relationships, tight budgets, and fleet constraints. And we also recognise what only you can know – your local geography, your community, and the lived realities of your passengers.
Working side-by-side with your team, we can hit the ground running and help you move short-term projects forward with clarity, efficiency, and confidence.
Enjoyable to use and savings at every school
Ian Fraser
Strategic Lead – Children’s Transport, Access to Education, Employment, and Training
Milton Keynes Council
Latest insights
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Resilient Networks, Defensible Budgets is a practical guide for senior leaders on building a school transport service that’s more inclusive, more resilient and significantly more cost-effective
QRoutes joins G‑Cloud 15
QRoutes has been appointed to the UK Government’s G‑Cloud 15 framework, allowing public‑sector organisations to use the platform to procure its cloud‑based SaaS solutions – QRoutes Pro, QRoutes Vantage, and QPaths.
Will the new PM save school transport? A look at Andy Burnham's agenda
There’s plenty in the new PM’s agenda that touches home-to-school transport, but most of it either lands years from now or doesn’t help with the thing councils are actually struggling with: the £2.32 billion spent on school transport in 2023-24. Here’s a run through of the key points on his transport agenda.