Home to school transport - families in receipt of benefit

Children of primary age who are entitled to free school meals or whose families get the maximum level of working tax credit are entitled to free transport to the nearest suitable school where the distance from home is more than two miles. This distance is measured along the nearest available route.

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Children aged 11 to 16 who are entitled to free school meals or whose families get the maximum level of working tax credit, are entitled to free transport to any one of the three nearest suitable schools where the distance is between two and six miles.

Where the school is preferred on grounds of religion or belief, the distance is between two and 15 miles and the school is the nearest appropriate school.  Any distance measurements over three miles linked to benefit entitlement are done using road routes.

Each year we check whether parents are still eligible for transport help.

If parents are no longer eligible, for example because they no longer receive relevant benefit, parents may have to meet their child's transport costs.