Last chance to hop on free school buses
Parents are being urged to check they have applied for transport for their children moving up to secondary school in September.
Children are usually eligible for free school transport if they live three or more miles from their designated or their nearest secondary schools.
The criteria is set by the Welsh Assembly.
County executive board member for transport services Cllr Haydn Jones said: “Every year there are scores of families affected because they ignore or have lost the application letters.
“Transport applications forms were included with the package of information issued to parents or year seven children as part of the transfer process for children moving from primary to secondary schools.
“This is very much a last chance for parents to make sure the school travel arrangements are in order. Our school transport teams have to ensure the necessary numbers of school transport vehicles are contracted and available to run the services.”
“In the last school year a total number of 128 buses have been operating transport operations to 19 schools at a cost of £5.5million
“It is a massive logistical operation that needs the support of parents to make sure applications are made in good time. All the arrangements have to be tied up for the next school year in weeks.”
The closing date for receipt of the transport applications was January 29th, however anyone who may have forgotten to submit their application is being advised to do so immediately, or risk not being able to get on the school bus from September.
Anyone who has lost or mislaid the application is asked to contact the transport department on 01267-234567
Children are usually eligible for free school transport if they live three or more miles from their designated or their nearest secondary schools.
The criteria is set by the Welsh Assembly.
County executive board member for transport services Cllr Haydn Jones said: “Every year there are scores of families affected because they ignore or have lost the application letters.
“Transport applications forms were included with the package of information issued to parents or year seven children as part of the transfer process for children moving from primary to secondary schools.
“This is very much a last chance for parents to make sure the school travel arrangements are in order. Our school transport teams have to ensure the necessary numbers of school transport vehicles are contracted and available to run the services.”
“In the last school year a total number of 128 buses have been operating transport operations to 19 schools at a cost of £5.5million
“It is a massive logistical operation that needs the support of parents to make sure applications are made in good time. All the arrangements have to be tied up for the next school year in weeks.”
The closing date for receipt of the transport applications was January 29th, however anyone who may have forgotten to submit their application is being advised to do so immediately, or risk not being able to get on the school bus from September.
Anyone who has lost or mislaid the application is asked to contact the transport department on 01267-234567
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