AIBU to expect school transport?

[mumof3boys33]

This has made me annoyed. So AIBU?
We live in 3 miles from our local village school. It is the school of the village in our address. There is a slightly nearer school but it is not our catchment school and also across the border in a different county.
When the children at the school reach year 7 they automatically move up to the nearby secondary school. It is our catchment secondary school. There are various school buses picking up at various places. My oldest 2 get picked up at on our front drive and taken the 7.5 miles to school (obviously picking up lots more children on the way) We do have a nearer secondary school that is not our catchment school as it is across the border, it is only 4 miles away. No transport is provided as the buses don't cross the border. Which is fair enough. Hence attending the catchment school. In our county.
Anyway, my oldest has been offered his 6th form place at the school he's attended for 5 years along with his friends. I applied for a place on the school bus, I know I have to pay £230 a term for this bus, but assumed he would get the bus as usual. I received a letter saying he cannot get on the bus as the school over the border is nearer. I must admit I was not expecting this to happen. So I appealed. Appeal turned down.
AIBU to be angry? It means I have drive 150 miles a week on a journey the bus is doing anyway. It will still be reversing up my drive to pick up the other child. It seems bonkers to me. Why should he change schools? Why should another council school him when we pay tax to our council? It's madness. They say he can cycle the 4 miles to the other school (on a very busy main road) or obviously I take him. The primary school is the same direction as the current secondary (5 miles further on) so if I do have to drive then it doesn't make much difference fuel wise which school. But I still think it's madness.

Out of county is irrelevant

Rurally no I don't have a clue

transport policy and statutory duty I'm well versed on - bottom line there's no obligation in the la to support the ops choices or fund transport for a young person who is not of compulsory school age.

It's absurd that there is an expectation that the la should sort this out op is the parent, post 16 policy is published annually in may so the op should have been aware of what the policy for the area was

Completely missed OP's point there Nicpem, but I hope you have a great view there from your high horse.

No one is 4 miles. Other is 7.5 miles. I still think as most of the 6th formers get transport to the school then everyone in catchment should. It would be very different if no one could get on the transport. Or if all villages closer to the school over the village get refused. But they don't, to just cut off half our village and one other and refuse just them is unfair.
I have had an email from the council today saying I can put in a complaint if I want to. I won't. I just replied asking when I will know whether there is a spare seat. If there is no seat on our bus, I have asked whether there will be a spare seat on any of the other 4 buses that pass through the village. If there is then I'll buy my son a bicycle, he can cycle 3 miles to the bus stop. If that's the case I will ask people in nearby houses if he can leave his bicycle there. That is our best option. Not keen on him biking the 3 miles, I won't ride one myself on our country lanes. I've had too many near misses. In the winter I would have to just run him to the bus stop. The roads get very icy round here.
I wouldn't even consider sending him to the school across the border. As I said earlier he doesn't want to change schools. I don't blame him. Plus he can't take core maths at the other school. He really needs to do that course.