Help with travel costs on IS??

michellen34

Hello, Does anyone know if i can get help towards the cost of travel taking my daughter to school and back? It currently costs just over £20 per week and with the cost of everything going up i'm really struggling to be able to afford it. Any help would be great.
Thank you.

dmg24

Does your daughter take public transport? If so, she may be able to get a free bus pass. You would need to check with your LEA, as schemes differ according to area.

michellen34

Hiya, yeah i take her to school (public transport) and collect her. Its the cost of mine really thats worrying me as its £13 per week now and going up to £14.30 at the end of the month, so it will then cost 22.30 a week to get her there. Whats an LEA please? .
Thank you .

dmg24

LEA = local education authority.

I am not aware that they will give assistance to parents for their travel, unless there is another reason that you may qualify, such as disability.

Are there any other children that take the same route, that your daughter could travel with?

michellen34

Sorry, Got what LEA is lol couldn't for the life of me think what it stood for!

michellen34

Hello, No we live just under 2 and a half miles away. I have tried to get her to change schools but it really upset her, (wet beds etc) so don't want to push it with her, after this year she only has a year left then she goes to high school when she's 11 and its a short bike ride away with her brother.

diamonds

ask social work dept @ 10 yrs old she should be able to get on the bus herself....obviously for some/whatever reason she cant & you escort her....that could be down to the fact she is just a nervous/shy/withrawn child ( wet beds etc... ) not a disability, contact local social work dept

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michellen34 wrote: »

Hello, No we live just under 2 and a half miles away. I have tried to get her to change schools but it really upset her, (wet beds etc) so don't want to push it with her, after this year she only has a year left then she goes to high school when she's 11 and its a short bike ride away with her brother.

its a sad reflaction on the times we live in when a 10 year old cant be allowed to travel to school alone,in the 1960s i was walking to school with friends from the age of 6.
However how does a journey of 2.5 miles 4 times a day,thats 50 miles a week add up to £20 a week,i know petrols not cheap but i`m sure its not £10 a gallon yet

Titch89

Where I live, children of parents on benefits can get a bus pass. They have to pay a certain amount, but it's slightly lower than what other people have to pay.

Scarlett1

michellen34 wrote: »

Hello, Does anyone know if i can get help towards the cost of travel taking my daughter to school and back? It currently costs just over £20 per week and with the cost of everything going up i'm really struggling to be able to afford it. Any help would be great.
Thank you.

Most LEA's will only give financial help if its the child's catchment school and over a certain amount of miles, you might just have to make some adjustments to be able to afford the bus fares, you have just over 1 year until she goes up to seniors and it would be a shame to make her change schools now and leave her friends behind.

Oldernotwiser

woodbine wrote: »

its a sad reflaction on the times we live in when a 10 year old cant be allowed to travel to school alone,in the 1960s i was walking to school with friends from the age of 6.
However how does a journey of 2.5 miles 4 times a day,thats 50 miles a week add up to £20 a week,i know petrols not cheap but i`m sure its not £10 a gallon yet

I agree with you about the possibility of a 10 year old doing a short bus journey every day but you really shouldn't assume that the OP runs a car or can even drive.