Cost of transport to school - rough survey

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 23/06/2009 11:34

Hi,
Can I ask please:

If your child travels to school by council/public transport and the journey is less than 3 miles away how much do you have to pay each year? Please can you tell me the mode of transport and rough distance.

Thank you very much

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gingertoo · 23/06/2009 12:22

I'm in Notts, Ohyoubadbadkitten, and I think its prob about 6 miles via country lanes.

The annoying thing is, my chosen school is actually nearer to our home than the catchment school, but that's another very long story...........

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 23/06/2009 12:14

Thank you very much.
I'm asking cos our council want to charge £500/annum for a journey under 3 miles next year on a school bus. I want to see how hard we can push to get the cost down.

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PestoMonster · 23/06/2009 12:11

Hello, my dd1 started at High School last September and we pay £5.00 each week for a 5 day bus pass.

foofi · 23/06/2009 12:07

dd1 goes on train for £30 per month
dd1 goes on private minibus for £120 per term

ErnestTheBavarian · 23/06/2009 12:05

£300 pc pa - pa, ours are £100 pc pw - is a long way though. Thank God we don't have to pay. Doesn't help OP though, just thought I'd mention it...

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 23/06/2009 11:48

Do you know what distance that translates to gingertoo? (and if you don't mind saying, which county - I should have asked that too)

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gingertoo · 23/06/2009 11:38

I'll watch this thread with interest.....
Have just discovered that I'm going to have to pay £300 per year, per child for them to get the bus to their secondary school because we are out of catchment - we're about 10mins drive away.

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