Travel to and from School

Parents should remind their child(ren) that, in the interests of safety, good behaviour is expected from all pupils travelling on school transport.

Children should be reminded by parents that, wherever possible, they should only cross the road where there is a safe area to cross and should exercise care on walking to and from school.

Parents are requested, when dropping off/collecting children from school that they do not park near the pedestrian exit or in any location which causes an obstruction.

Transport for Secondary School Children (Excluding Placing Requests)

Free school transport is provided to and from your home address to your child's catchment school if they are distance entitled. Falkirk Council operate a more generous distance entitlement policy than required by law.

Distance entitled children are:

• All children over 8 years of age who live two miles or over from their catchment school by the nearest available safe walking route*.
  

*Note -a "safe walking route" assumes that the pupil is accompanied by a responsible adult.

Concessions, details of times of operation, criteria and application forms are available from the Transport Planning Unit within Falkirk Council. Tel: 01324 504724/ 504966.

Pickup points

Where home to school transport is provided, some pupils will require to walk a reasonable distance from home to the transport pick-up point but this should not exceed the authority's agreed limit of 1 mile.

It is the parent's responsibility to make sure that their child arrives at the pickup point on time and behaves in a safe and acceptable manner while boarding, travelling in and leaving the vehicle. Children who misbehave can lose their right to home to school transport.

Pupils from Avonbridge, California and parts of Shieldhill entitled to free travel will be issued with a travel pass sent directly to each pupil's home address by Falkirk Council.

Pupils from other areas such as Brightons, Maddiston and Shieldhill may be able to travel on any of the buses by paying the relevant fare.

Bus Timetables will be available on the school website forthe new session 2020/21.

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