Band 6+: The chart below gives information about the journeys to school by children aged 11 to 16 in the UK in a year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart shows the modes of transportation used by students aged 11 to 16 in the UK to go to school in a year.

Overall, most 11 to 16 year-old children in the UK chose to walk or cycle for journeys to school under 2 miles, whereas buses were the prevalent choice of longer distances.

For journeys under 1 mile, walking was the most popular, 90% of children aged 11 to 16 chose this way, which was 40% higher than that of bicycle. Meanwhile, cars and buses were less common, just under 10% of children using these forms of transportation. For journeys between 1 and 2 miles, most students went to school by bicycle (76%) and walking (60%), followed by cars and buses, whose figures were considerably lower, standing at 20% and 10% respectively.

In the 2 to 5 miles category, while buses topped the chart (50%), bicycles showed a noticeable percentage, accounting for 47% of the data. Cas and walking constituted an insignificant share of the result with 28% in total. For over 5 miles, buses still had the highest proportion (70%), compared to 21% for cars, while walking and bicycle were not being used.