Route and pickup points
Share the school site, proposed pickup points, destination and any access restrictions that could affect collection or drop-off.
Regular school routes
Regular Home-to-School Transport for Schools & Trusts
Discuss recurring school transport with one contact team. We welcome enquiries from schools, academy trusts and organisations arranging transport across Newcastle, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.
Arranging transport for a school or trust?
This page is for organisations commissioning transport. For eligibility, an application for council-funded transport or an existing council travel award, contact the school or local authority responsible for that arrangement.
Requirements
Build the route around school sites and timetables
Regular transport needs enough detail to understand the pattern of travel, the school day and the practical arrangements at each site.
Days, start date and times
Include the intended start date, days of operation and morning or afternoon timings so the route can be discussed around the school timetable.
Passenger totals
Provide anticipated pupil and adult numbers, including any supervising adults who need to travel.
Vehicle and accessibility needs
Describe broad access or additional assistance requirements before confirmation, without sharing pupil names or medical details in the public form.
Coordination
Agree the handover arrangements before travel starts
Schools and trusts can discuss onsite access, contacts for route changes and the handover arrangements needed at the start and end of the day.
The right process depends on the site, the route and the staff involved, so these details should be agreed before the route is confirmed.
Linked sites
One school route or a trust-wide requirement
Some enquiries involve one school and a consistent route. Others involve several linked sites or a trust reviewing regular transport across its schools.
If the requirement is wider than one route, the partnership page explains how school-level access, trust visibility and agreed pricing can be discussed.
Explore trust transport partnershipsPricing is scoped to the actual route and arrangement
Regular school transport is priced around the route, days, timings, vehicle requirements, participating schools and the agreed account arrangements.
Fixed academic-year rates can be discussed as part of a scoped partnership agreement. Services, pricing schedules and dates are agreed for each account.
Get in touch
Discuss a regular school route
Tell us the route pattern, school timetable, pickup points and likely passenger totals.