Cost of transport to school - rough survey

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

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

DD's journey is longer,but we now have a council scheme where you pay £50 per year for a bus pass and the children can travel on any public bus route with this,at any time(we are in Kent,and I think this covers the whole county now) We were paying £20 a week.

School bus £300 per term per boy to go 6 miles there, and 6 miles back. But they run late buses as well so that they can stay for after school activities.

We live near Cambridge (about 12/13 miles away) and DD1 will be going to sixth form college in the city in September.

We'll be paying £555 per year which I think is astronomical. The only plus is that she'll be able to use that ticket for any journey, 24/7 and any day of the week, but it will still work out as flaming expensive.

As she keeps reminding us, she could buy a car for that...

(Anybody know why the smileys don't work for me? I think I'm doing it right?)

Scratch that, they just don't show up in the preview message window, but are plainly there when it matters!

London buses free- we did not have to pay a deposit for the photocard, that was free too but will have to pay to replace when if it gets lost.

We pay 1.20 a day or 2 return for o to 3 miles.........

Not any use to the OP but here in Oz school transport is free for all kids over a certain (easy walking) distance, and if they're little (K-2) they can get the bus for one stop if they like. It doesn't matter whether you send them to the local public (state) school or a private school on the other side of the city, it's all free. The NSW government tried to save money recently and proposed asking for a parental contributation but the Ozzies went mad as it's totally ingrained as a "right" so they backed down. The Australian system isn't all perfect but they do have some things like that, and the absolute right to a place at your childen at their nearest public school, right.