I live in a rural area and the nearest secondary schools are nearly ten miles away.
School buses pick up the village kids but in sixth form there's a charge of £400 a year for this. The argument was always that kids don't have to stay on after Year 11 so if they choose to then they must pay for the bus.
My argument is that now it is compulsory to continue some form of education or training then there is no difference in whether you're in sixth form or Year 11.
Is it worth challenging this cost? The cost is currently subsidised and the council are thinking of removing the subsidy so God knows how much it will cost then.