Category Archives: Parents

Primary 7 Information Evening

The Primary 7 Information Evening is taking place this Wednesday 18th November at 7pm. We look forward to welcoming both the Parents and Pupils of next year’s S1 year group to Lourdes Secondary and we hope you will find the evening a very useful and informative event. We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday.

School Transport – Glasgow City Council Message 2

Dear Parent/Carer,

The free home school transport arrangements for our school will resume on Monday 2 November as previously communicated.

Children and young people who were eligible last year – for either a travel pass or a space on the dedicated school bus – will once again be offered this transport service.

For new P1 and S1 pupils now eligible, and who have confirmed with the school office as requested, they will now be given a travel pass or a space on the school bus.

Dedicated school buses will resume first thing on Monday 2 November following the same timetable and previous arrangements as before the summer holidays.

Bus and rail travel passes will be available for collection at the school office on Monday 2 November for your child to pick up and then use from Monday onwards.

Parents whose children and young people have access to the dedicated school bus cannot choose to opt for a travel pass and vice versa.

For more information or if you have any queries please phone the Children and Young People Support Team on 0141 287 7477.

School Transport – Message from Glasgow City Council

Dear Parent/Carer,

We wrote to you recently to inform you that the council’s administration was planning on reinstating the original distance eligibility for families to claim free school transport for their children.

Yesterday, Thursday 8 October at the Executive Committee, elected members formally agreed to the criteria reverting back to 1.2 miles for primary pupils and 2.2 miles for secondary pupils.

Their decision has been taken following a cost of the school day project carried out across the city and to try to reduce some financial pressures on some families that could impact on a child’s access to learning.

This means that families of all children in P1 –P7 in primary schools and S1 – S6 pupils in secondary schools who live these distances and more  from their catchment schools will now be eligible for free transport to and from their school.

Council officers have been working with our colleagues in SPT to tender and secure travel and bus arrangements and it is anticipated that these will all be in place for pupils by Monday 2 November.

Council officers have also begun identifying the new P1 and S1 pupils who will now quality for free home school transport and will work with schools to contact these new families and help them register.

We will continue to keep pupils and their families updated with information on timescales and details of the new transport arrangements over the coming weeks.