How long is your teenagers commute to college / 6th form?

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My son has a 1hr commute now to 6th form, he’s exhausted, but hopefully he’ll get used to it after a few weeks.

Im just curious how long other kids are travelling at 16-18yrs?

40-50 mins.

20 mins car 20 mins train 10-20 mins walk the other end depending on how much gossiping they are doing on the way.

About an hour. There were closer colleges but not ones that allowed him to study maths and further maths concurrently.

10 mins cycle ride, but he's in the sixth form of the school he was already at.
He would have been terrible at getting up in time if he had to go much further!

For Ds2 it was 1hr 45mibs to get there,2 hours 50 to get back.
If he was doing an evening session there was no public transport after 20:15.
We got him car and paid for lessons!!!

Walking 4km there and back. Quite hilly so one hour x 2.

50 mins. In sixth form at same secondary school, so he's been doing this commute since Y7

10 min drive to the station, or about 40 minute walk. 1 hr 15 mins on train. 10 min walk the other end.

the trains are rammed and it’s standing all the way most of the time.

it’s crap for them really.

20 min walk, 20 min train, 20 min walk. In reality though over an hour due to train delays or college finish not matching up with the train time table. She loved the college so felt the commute was worth it.

40-50 minutes on college bus but if traffic bad can take up to 90 minutes. If he drives on days when his bus doesn't match timetable its around 30 minutes as outside of rush hour. He does then have to walk from parking to college. They do get used to it after a while.

DD is an hour door to door in the morning.
But the bus home leaves 25mins after close of lessons so homeward it is more like 90mins.
It takes us 55mins round trip if dropping her.
She is shattered. We will be picking her up more often than ideal.

It's a 20 min drive. The bus is slower (35-40 mins) but now DD has passed her driving test and can drive herself in.

About 10min drive.

50 mins approximately depending on traffic, gets picked up at bus stop 2 mins from our house, and dropped off the other side of the road on the way back.Its a college bus so goes directly into the college.If she gets dropped off or picked up, it's about 20 mins by car, again depending on traffic.

Hour & a half door to door so I'm getting her there in the mornings which is 25mins in the car.
Bus times mean she would have to leave 2hrs before she starts.

Youngsters always moan they’re tired.
My son in law used to moan all the time he was tired, as do both of my sons. One does twelve hour shifts, four days on, four days off, and the other day he moaned his work was taking over his life 😂

Mine is at uni now but used to do
25 min drive (me driving)
25 min on train
then 20 min walk uphill

He then passed his driving test and it was 45-60 mins each way depending on traffic.

It was his choice of college and all his friends were going there, it was also the best college by a long way.

Worth it as he did amazingly in his A levels and is now at a top uni.

Two teens at secondary school walk 40 minutes there 40 minutes back have dine since starting in year 7

DD had to be out of the house by 7:30 sharp to catch the bus - same as she’d been doing since year 7.
she was exhausted for the first week or so of year 7 (honestly like when she started reception!😂) but adjusted quickly. She managed to acquire some self discipline about going to bed at a sensible time to accommodate an early start. This really stood her in good stead at uni. If your DS continues to be exhausted check he’s not staying up late online or gaming.

My DD had about 45 min if I drove her to the tube, an hour if not. Started at 8.20, ended at 4. She tended to stay late (til 6-6.30) and get all her work done there. London so nightmare on strike days!
Her school up til sixth form was only five minutes walk!

30 mins. 20 mins walk + 10 mins train.

3 ish min to bus stop, 30/35 min bus journey, 15 ish min walk to sixth form. So far I've given him a lift on the two days he has a 9am class (the other days he doesn't start until 10.30am) as it's roughly on my way into my office. Its about 25 mins by car.

About 40 minutes from us in Central London on public transport. Funnily enough about the same it took them to walk to local school.

DS(17)’s commute is 40 mins which includes a bus journey. It’s a lot easier than his previous school which took him an hour and a half from the age of 11. They do get used into it.

About 15 mins drive or half an hour walk. he can some home between sessions if there is a break. Lucky really I guess, it is the same school he went to previously.

20-25 mins including bus journey. I feel tired listening to some of these!