Hampshire
Transport to School Policy Changes - Updated 18/10/2011
Bransgore
School working with our Secondary colleagues and with the support
of parents have been working closely with Hampshire County Council
to address the concerns that have been brought to our attention with
regards to the changes to the Hampshire Transport to School Policy
for students due to transfer to Secondary Education in September 2012.
We are now in a position to announce that Hampshire County Council
have agreed that, for families in the catchment area of Bransgore
Primary School making applications for places for year 7 in September
2012 who would have been affected by these changes (i.e. those with
more than one catchment school) the current policy will remain largely
in place for the intake for September 2012.
The main points are:
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For on-time applications (Deadline October 31st 2011) the existing
policy will stand (free travel subsidy will be in place as previous
years)
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This transport will be available for the full five years of
years 7 to 11 (unless the family circumstances change, such
as moving house or switching secondary schools).
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Any late (after 31st October) or in-year applications will be
assessed under the new policy which may restrict availability
of free transport.
A copy of the letter from Hampshire County Council confirming this
is attached below.
With the confirmation of the existing transport policy remaining in
place for September 2012 should you wish to update an application
for a secondary place this can be done either online via the online
application system or by providing another paper application form
to Hampshire (please see attached letter from Hampshire County Council).
To
Summarise:
The change in the transport policy for those children living in the
Forest with more than one catchment school will not be applicable
for current Year 6s - this cohort are entitled to transport assistances
to any of their catchment schools.
However, when the current Year 5s time comes to progress to secondary
school, they will only be entitled to transport to their nearest catchment
school. This means that if they are in-catchment for Ringwood, Arnewood
and Highcliffe, they will only be entitled to the school
nearest to their home. For example, the distance
calculated from school are as follows:
Highcliffe School = 3.2 Miles / Arnewood School = 4.1 Miles / Ringwood
School = 6.2 Miles this means if a child was living at school they
would be entitled to transport to Highcliffe School.
It should also be noted that if the child is receiving free school
meals, they are still entitled to all three under a different part
of the policy
Bransgore Primary School is committed to continuing our strong links
with all of our feeder schools. We continue to work with Hampshire
County Council to provide student transport for future years.
