Before you begin...
We will need evidence of Free School Meals or Maximum Working Tax Credits.
Within the form there is an option to upload digital copies of this evidence, please have copies ready to upload. Without this evidence, we will not be able to consider this as a factor in your application.
Eligibility for free school travel
We issue free school travel passes, to enable those pupils who meet the eligibility criteria, to travel to and from school on public transport for free.
There are a number of qualifying regulations that must be met before free school travel passes can be issued.
Seven years old and younger
To be eligible for free travel, a compulsory school-age pupil must travel a distance of more than 2 miles if under 8 years of age.
Children who are entitled to free school meals, or those whose families are in receipt of their maximum level of Working Tax Credit (WTC), at the time of the application, are defined as those from low-income groups.
Eight years old or older
To be eligible for free travel, a compulsory school-age pupil must travel a distance of more than 3 miles if 8 years or over, between home and school.
Low-income families
Children who are entitled to free school meals, or those whose families are in receipt of their maximum level of Working Tax Credit (WTC), at the time of the application, are defined as those from low-income groups.
Within the form there is an option to upload digital copies of this evidence, please have copies ready to upload. Without this evidence, we will not be able to consider this as a factor in your application.
Children aged 8 years, but under 11 years, from low-income families are eligible for support where they live more than 2 miles from their nearest qualifying school.
Children aged 11 years old or over from low-income families are eligible for support where they live more than 2 miles from their nearest qualifying school, or the distance to the nearest suitable school preferred on grounds of a parents’ religion or belief, is more than 2 miles but not more than 15 miles, from their home address.
If a pupil travels over the statutory walking distance as outlined above, because of parental choice or because a brother or sister already attends the school, and there is alternative school accommodation available within the statutory walking distance, parents/carers will be responsible for any travelling expenses incurred.
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