The School Scoot

(Broadcast on BBC Radio Stoke, October 2015)

How did you get to school back in the day? Your own two feet perhaps.

Figures suggest a generation ago 7 in 10 children walked to school -- but that number has now dropped to just 4 in 10.

So one Stafford primary school has now invested in a playground scooter pods -- encouraging pupils to travel to school on two wheels.

Staffordshire County Council hopes it'll improve health, reduce traffic and maybe save parents or grandparents money in fuel.

Our reporter EMMA THOMAS has been on the school run, or scoot, with the Kingston family...