{"id":152,"date":"2024-01-17T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T11:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:21:03","slug":"school-transport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/information-for-parents\/school-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"School Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free school transport is always available to every child and young person in East Ayrshire if they live:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>more than one and a half miles from their primary school or specialist provision<\/li>\n<li>three miles from their secondary school or specialist provision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alternative school transport differs from free school transport in that it provides children and young people who, because of their assessed needs or other exceptional circumstances, require specialised transport arrangements to enable them to access education.<\/p>\n<p>A new policy has been agreed by the Council to ensure that young people across the authority with additional support needs, can access the most appropriate form of transport, be this mainstream or specialised.<\/p>\n<p>Please find the Alternative Transport Policy:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/uploads\/sites\/4271\/2026\/10\/09121925\/School-Alternative-Transport-Policy.pdf\">School Alternative Transport Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to apply for Alternative Transport, please fill in the form below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/uploads\/sites\/4271\/2026\/10\/09122009\/Application-Form-AST-updated-2026-PARK-SCHOOL.doc\">Application Form AST updated 2026 &#8211; PARK SCHOOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once completed this form should be emailed to \u00a0<a class=\"sys_16\" href=\"mailto:ASNAdmin@east-ayrshire.gov.uk\">ASNAdmin@east-ayrshire.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free school transport is always available to every child and young person in East Ayrshire if they live: more than one and a half miles from their primary school or specialist provision three miles from their secondary school or specialist provision Alternative school transport differs from free school transport in that it provides children and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/information-for-parents\/school-transport\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">School Transport<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24435,"featured_media":0,"parent":119,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/416"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parkschooleastayrshiresite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}