To provide a home to school transport service for Slough resident pupils who meet the eligibility criteria in the home/school transport policy. Eligibility is assessed by the Admissions & Transport Team and transport procured by SBC’s Transport Team.
Contact Details:
Operations Queries (SBC Transport Team)
John Northam (Transport Manager) Telephone: 01753 477301 | Email: John.northam@slough.gov.uk
Service Queries (CLS)
Henry Kannike (Admissions & Transport Manager) Telephone: 01753 787667 Email: Henry.Kannike@slough.gov.uk and education.transport@slough.gov.uk
All applications for transport, other than for children with an EHC Plan, will be considered by the Transport Team (School Services) following receipt of the appropriate application form.
For children with an EHC Plan, the decision will be considered by a panel involving the SEND Team. Transport will be arranged in all cases by the Transport Team in conjunction with transport contractors.
All transport provision will be reviewed as part of the annual review of needs and if appropriate as part of an early review. Transport provision may be withdrawn or amended if circumstances have changed or the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Panel considers the withdrawal appropriate as an encouragement to independence.
Parents with a child eligible for transport will be required to re-apply for transport if they choose to move house or change school.
In some cases, where children are eligible for free transport, parents may wish to provide transport to and from school themselves. The council will reimburse mileage at a rate to be considered annually for the home to school journeys only i.e. when the pupil is receiving transport. If there is a change of circumstances and parents wish to request to change the arrangement, they must give two weeks notice to allow time for the council to arrange appropriate transport. The current mileage rate is 45 pence per mile.
If parents request free transport to a preferred school at any time, on the grounds that the nearest school or catchment area school is full, the council will not consider the request unless parents had applied for the nearest school or catchment school during the normal admission round.
Where a pupil is receiving free transport and parents change address, so that their school is no longer the catchment school, nearest school or ‘qualifying school’, under the definitions set out within this policy, transport will cease and responsibility for the child’s transport arrangements will become the responsibility of the parents(s) or carer(s).
The council may decide to withdraw transport, either for a temporary period, or permanently for serious or repeated cases of misbehaviour on the transport provided.