To think DD should get the rail replacement bus

At least read the thread first 🙄

But that's essentially the same as what she's doing

She has been temporarily authorised to WFH so she is

You would be asking for it despite being able to go in because it suits you better, it's the same for her

A 5 hour commute on a stuffy bus (trains are much more comfortable than busses, you can move around etc) is not a productive nor good use of time

That's nearly 5 hours of travelling, no I don't think it is worth it if she can keep up with the work. I had a job that far away and found it exhausting to do ( I got another job in the end). The train will start running again, eventually.

But she doesn’t need to go. Her attendance is fine as she is submitting work

I really can’t see the issue with her working at
home.

Because the replacement bus goes to all the train stations on route, it takes ages and most of the time no one getting off and no one gets on at the station you diverted 30
Mins for

Is there an alternative where you could drive to a different railway line? Have you explpred all the options. Rota with other parents and get them in twice a week for the social construct side?

I could drive her and work from a coffee shop or something

You WFH but you don't think it's reasonable she does?

But she can work from home, just like many jobs would also allow

5 hours commute when she is able to WFH and have some extra free time?

Isn't that what most people who WFH for their jobs claim is the advantage?

OP - it is great they they have authorised them due to the circumstances.

In Y1, DD had marking weeks, where the tutors had to mark their portfolis, so set them work to study but they did not have classroom access. The tutors were not allowed to authorise them to work at home, so they were expected to use the library or study rooms at the college. They had to attend each day to register first then, so they all went in, registered and then went home and emailed each lesson to say they were "in the library". The tutor knew they were doing it, but couldn't officially authorise it.

DD lost 4 hours of her day to go in register and come home again, arriving at 11.30 and then work from home all afternoon. It was mad. They should have been able to authorise them to work at home those weeks.

DD had to go to the city college as the town college didn't do her course. Hopefully things will improve for future students with the recent changes.

I’d be encouraging her to do the distance learning via BlackBoard, or whatever other platform is used these days. All of the info will be on there, her resources and reading will not have changed and she’s doing the work. I would not expect for one minute that she spend hours upon hours upon hours on some bus replacement service unless she had to get to an exam, and neither would her course tutors.

Yes, she needs to get the bus. It's part of adult life having to deal with changes and inconvenience. If it was paid employment she couldn't stop working for a few weeks just because the bus would take longer. I wouldn't have allowed my DC to take even one day off over this.

Five hours of commuting per day is insane. If she’s keeping up with the work at home I wouldn’t have an issue.

I agree with this really, I'm not sure if you were wrong to encourage her to attend this college, whether she was wrong to want to go, whether the education system is at fault (although many of us do put up with mediocre colleges through lack of choice) but I will say that expecting an 18 year old to spend, what, 4 hours+ a day commuting is unreasonable and most simply wouldn't do it.

Let her make her own decision and stay home and work there if it’s more effective for her.

I don’t think 100% attendance is actually necessary for a conscientious and capable student. A lot of what’s done at school is essentially babysitting and fannying about.

Learning isn’t something that can only be achieved by sitting in a classroom.

I don’t think it’s reasonable for a Y13 student to spend 5 hours a day commuting, no.

The college are basically telling them to WFH. I don't see why she can't just do that. Less will be in the lectures anyway, and travelling for five hours to get to a two hour class which may be half empty seems utterly ridiculous and exhausting.

An 80 mile round trip to FE college seems pretty crazy. But I guess it's a good college. But just let her wfh during the engineering works. That's permitted if not actively encouraged by them.

It does take longer because they have to stop at each train station along the way. Which they have to go off the normal route you would take if driving yourself. But 40 miles surely the journey isn't going to last hours unless she has to change.

I’ve been on replacement bus services where men have been really inappropriate towards me, stroking my hair and thighs etc I wouldn’t want to put my DDs in that position.

Take her out on the motorway so she can feel confident driving on it. It's a good skill to have anyway and really not a big deal, it's more of a confidence thing than a skill. She'll then have the option to drive if she wants to.

It's hard thing to do as they grow up but sometimes we parents need to step back and realise they are better judged to decide things like this by themselves. You don't actually have any logical grounds for her to commute in just a feeling of it 'not being right'. Your daughter has some much stronger reasons for staying home.

I think of she's doing her work it's fine. I avoid replacement buses and WFH fully when they are running. It does feel a bit like returning to lockdown but still way better than the painful commute.

Someone, somewhere is being unreasonable expecting a student to do an 80 mile round trip on a daily basis.