If your child is going to the admission-zone secondary school and the school is three miles or more from your home, you are eligible for help with travel costs. The Community Transport Team (CTT) will organise this. You can contact them on 01642 527117. (The distance between your home and the school is measured by a computer program using the shortest safe walking distance.) We will consider other cases if there are exceptional circumstances, for example, where the distance from the admission-zone school was less than three miles but the route could be quite dangerous for the child to walk.
Pupils going to a school by parental choice are not generally eligible for help with travel costs unless the school is more than three miles from the family home, and closer than the admission-zone school.
If your child is going to a voluntary-aided school because of your family's religion and the nearest appropriate school is more than three miles from the family home, you may be eligible for help with travelling costs. To receive help, at least one parent must be baptised Catholic or, if they are of Anglican faith, at least one parent must regularly go to an Anglican church. You will need to speak to the CTT on 01642 527117 for more information.
In some cases there may be spare places on the coaches the CTT use to transport pupils who receive free transport. We may offer these seats at a cost of £65 a term to pupils who are not eligible for free transport, but the CTT will have the final decision. However, even if you have paid, the CTT cannot guarantee that seats will be available.
The CTT may withdraw your child's seat if it is needed later for a child who is eligible for free transport.
In these circumstances, we may consider refunding part of your contribution. For more information, please contact the Community Transport Team on 01642 527117.
(The £65 fee is correct at the time of going to print but it could change.) There are new regulations in place which allows free transport in certain circumstances for families on low incomes. Please contact Community Transport on 01642 527117 for more information |
