Transport
We operate our home-to-school transport arrangements under Durham County Council’s Home to School Transport policy.
Who is eligible?
Children of compulsory school age are entitled to free home to school transport to the nearest suitable school where the home to school distance is over three miles. In the case of a school/academy that operates on two sites, this will be the nearest site of the school/academy.
How is the distance calculated?
In assessing home to school distance DCC we use a Geographic Information System (GIS) to identify and measure the shortest route using only the Ordnance Survey Integrated Transport Network (ITN) and Urban Paths Network (UPN) which are national recognised datasets. We will not include any other routes or any other method of measurement. Routes are measured from the centre point* of the child’s house, or in the case of a flat from the centre point* of the building, to the nearest school site entrance. In all cases the GIS identifies the route to be measured by connecting in a straight line the centre point* of the child’s house to the closest point on the nearest route on the ITN/UPN.
* In accordance with the coordinates of the Basic Land and Property Unit on the National Land and Property Gazetteer.
Where a school/academy operates on two sites, the site the child will attend for the majority of the academic year for which transport is applied will be the site used for the purpose of measurement of home to school/academy distance. If you apply for a school place for your child at Greenfield Community College – Newton Aycliffe and Shildon sites, please contact us to discuss transport arrangements.
See the below policy for more details.
Arriva Bus Pass
If your child doesn’t already travel to school by bus, have you thought about this as an option for the next academic year?
Arriva monthly direct debit passes allow travel for as little as £1 per day, depending on your child’s age and the area that they travel in. Your child will get unlimited access to travel on any Arriva bus across all of our routes within your chosen travel zone.
The pass will not only cover their travel to and from school/college, it can also be used to travel in leisure time too.
Arriva’s Direct Debit scheme allows you to spread the cost of your child’s ticket over affordable monthly payments. It’s an easy way to pay for travel and there’s no contract involved.
It’s a simple process to arrange your Direct Debit, please visit the Arriva Bus website.
Once registered, you can choose to either receive your monthly pass by post, or it can be sent to your child’s mobile phone. This ticket will rollover every month for as long as the direct debit remains active.
For any queries regarding the scheme, please email studentsne@arriva.co.uk
