The journeys between home and school for children represent a significant share of the total trips made on a typical day. There is, however, an alarming number of children being killed on the road due to various factors, including unsafe road and traffic conditions. This paper presents the conduct of surveys to determine the commuting characteristics of schoolchildren as well as the application of the Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) methodology for road assessment. The surveys were undertaken in Valenzuela City and Zamboanga City, which were the pilot cities for a project on Child Road Traffic Injury Prevention (CRTIP). The survey collected information on the main mode of transport, travel times to and from school, usual companions to and from school, and accident and near-miss involvement of schoolchildren during commutes to and from school, among others. Information from these data sets can be used as the basis for the identification and implementation of interventions such as road infrastructure improvements as well as to formulate policies to make the journeys of schoolchildren safer.