Have your say on Central Beds Council's plan to only provide free transport to children's nearest school

Have your say on Central Beds Council's plan to only provide free transport to children's nearest school

A consultation has begun over Central Bedfordshire Council’s plan to only provide transport to children’s nearest school.

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Currently, eligible pupils can be taken to either their nearest school or one based on our school catchment areas, but the ‘catchment’ criteria would be removed under the new policy. The Department for Education updated its guidance a number of years ago, and it refers only to ‘nearest school’. With this statutory guidance becoming the reference point for most local authorities, changing the policy would bring us in line with this guidance and i…