{"id":54,"date":"2018-01-15T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T12:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2022-11-03T11:55:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T11:55:17","slug":"school-transport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/information\/school-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"School Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>School Transport<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The Education Authority currently has a policy of providing free transport to primary school pupils who live more than 1.5 miles from their local school by the recognised shortest safe walking route.<\/p>\n<h2>Free transport<\/h2>\n<p>East Ayrshire Council will provide free transport for all primary pupils who live 1.5 miles or more from their local primary school (by the recognised shortest suitable walking distance) and to secondary pupils who live 3 miles or more from their local secondary school (by the recognised shortest suitable walking distance).<\/p>\n<p>This policy remains more generous than that prescribed by statute and may be reviewed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Free transport may also be available on the grounds of a medical condition or in cases where a family has moved house at a critical stage of education.\u00a0<a class=\"sys_21\" title=\"Free school transport\" href=\"https:\/\/www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk\/Resources\/PDF\/S\/SchoolTransportInfo-Free.pdf\">Download the Free School Transport leaflet (PDF 331Kb)<\/a>\u00a0for details.<\/p>\n<p>If you feel your child qualifies for free school travel and you wish to take advantage of this option, please fill in the\u00a0school transport online application form.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for school transport, you will need to fill in an online application.\u00a0 You only need to do this once throughout your child&#8217;s primary education.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/our.east-ayrshire.gov.uk\/AchieveForms\/?mode=fill&amp;consentMessage=yes&amp;form_uri=sandbox-publish:\/\/AF-Process-8917c5dd-5b18-408d-84af-00c58edfc3dd\/AF-Stage-8219060c-76dc-439a-8b8a-c2cdae3c7380\/definition.json&amp;process=1&amp;process_uri=sandbox-processes:\/\/AF-Process-8917c5dd-5b18-408d-84af-00c58edfc3dd&amp;process_id=AF-Process-8917c5dd-5b18-408d-84af-00c58edfc3dd\">Mainstream School Transport &#8211; Our East Ayrshire (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk\/EducationAndLearning\/TravellingToSchool\/Schooltransport\/Schooltransport.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/95\/e3\/65\/95e365705c7a7b977b74a182f89c7ca9.png\" alt=\"See the source image\" width=\"274\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Pick-up Points<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Where free transport is provided it may be necessary for pupils to walk a certain distance to the vehicle pick-up point.\u00a0 Walking distance in total, including the distance from home to the pick-up point and from the drop-off point to the school in any one direction will not exceed the authority\u2019s limits (see above paragraph).\u00a0 <strong>It is the parent\u2019s responsibility to ensure that their child arrives at the pick-up point in time.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>It is also the parent\u2019s responsibility to ensure the child behaves in a safe and acceptable manner while boarding, travelling in and alighting from the vehicle.\u00a0 Misbehaviour could result in your child losing the right to free transport.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School Transport The Education Authority currently has a policy of providing free transport to primary school pupils who live more than 1.5 miles from their local school by the recognised shortest safe walking route. Free transport East Ayrshire Council will provide free transport for all primary pupils who live 1.5 miles or more from their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/information\/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":2780,"featured_media":0,"parent":1696,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/2379"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stpatrickpsmian2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}