If your child is entitled to free school meals, or you receive the maximum level of Working Tax Credit, then you are entitled to assistance with transport if your child is aged:
- 8 to 11 years and where the distance is more than 2 miles
- 11 to 16 years and attending 1 of the 3 nearest secondary schools, all of which must be more than 2 miles but not more than 6 miles from home
- 11 to 16 years and attending their nearest faith secondary school, preferred by parents on the basis of religion, and which is greater than 2 miles but not more than 15 miles from their home
When choosing a school, you will need to consider the possibility of your income increasing above the threshold.
Should your family income increase above the threshold limit for low income families, the additional transport benefit will continue up to the end of the current academic year in July.
In the following year, assistance will revert to that based on the statutory entitlement.