Child and Adult Services Post 16 Transport Policy Statement 2021/2022
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HARTLEPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL – CHILD AND ADULT SERVICES POST 16 TRANSPORT POLICY STATEMENT 2021/2022 1. Introduction This document describes the Post 16 policy which provides a starting point for students in order for them to be able to establish if they are entitled to travel assistance and how and where to access the support if available. 2. Sixth Form/Further Education Students Financial concessions or other support may be available to students attending school sixth forms (years 12 and 13) and Colleges of Further Education from their respective Educational establishments. Section 5 details the support provided by some Colleges and provides contact details to enable you to discuss your needs further. 3. Concessionary Travel Where spare seats are available on home to school buses, these can be sold to students who are not entitled to free transport, this is called concessionary travel. The cost for each seat will be charged over a term. For further details of the concessionary travel scheme, including bus routes available and how to apply, please contact Passenger Transport Services on 01429 523523 or at [email protected] 4. Transport arrangement for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) The Councils 0-25 Commissioning Team will consider all applications and the following criteria will be applied. The LA may provide transport assistance for students from 16 - 19 years who have an Education, Health and Care Plan and a further education college course has been identified to be undertaken at the nearest appropriate college. If a student prefers to undertake the same course at a college further away, then this would be their preference and as such they would not receive any assistance with individual transport. Where a student has an Education, Health and Care Plan the LA may provide transport until the end of the academic year when the student becomes 19 years of age. The transport provision allocated will be determined by the nature of the pupil’s needs. The Local Authority in partnership with 6th forms, FE colleges and Catcote Academy, may also consider individual applications from students aged 16-19 years old who have an identified learning and/or physical disability that prevents 1 them from using public transport. Independent information would be needed to support these applications. The Local Authority may consider individual circumstances for those students with a learning difficulty and/or physical disability who apply for transport over the age of 19 years. It would be likely that in most cases, they will be referred to the Adults Learning Disability Social Care Team for an assessment. If assistance is agreed, a contribution towards the transport would be requested. All SEND applications need to be directed to the 0 – 25 Commissioning Team, Child & Adult Services, Civic Centre. Assessment for inclusion in the Independent Travel Training scheme (ITT) is also available to all SEND students. This is a scheme aimed at providing training on journey planning and travel options to enable young people to travel independently to their place of education. For further information on the ITT scheme, please contact Passenger Transport Services on 01429 523855 5. Educational Establishment Contact Information and Travel Support College Contact Details Travel Support Hartlepool Area Hartlepool College of Tel: 01429 295000 Learners whose household income is below Further Education, £25,000 (including all tax credits) and who Stockton Street, Web: live 2.5 miles or more from Hartlepool Hartlepool, https://www.hartlepoolfe.ac.uk/ College of Further Education are entitled to TS24 7NT free travel support to cover the cost of the cheapest, suitable public transport method. This will either be a termly bus pass (where available) or money paid into the student’s bank account. Learners with limited mobility may be entitled to apply for further assistance. More information is available from Student Support Team. https://www.hartlepoolfe.ac.uk/student- support/getting-college Dyke House Sports & Tel: 01429 266377 The College provide free travel on Technology College, Web: designated school transport for students Mapleton Road, https://dha.northerneducationtr resident in Hartlepool – for further details Hartlepool, ust.org/ contact Andrea Thompson, Business TS24 8NQ Email: Manager dykehouse.enquiries@norther neducationtrust.org Andrea Thompson Business Manager Dyke House Academy 2 a.thompson1@northerneducati ontrust.org The English Martyrs Tel: 01429 273790 Catholic School and Contact the College for details Sixth Form College, Web: Catcote Road, https://ems.bhcet.org.uk/ Hartlepool, TS25 4HA Email: [email protected] Hartlepool Sixth Form Tel: 01429 294444 College, Contact the College for details Blakelock Road, Web: Hartlepool, https://www.hartlepoolsixth.ac. TS25 5PF uk/ Email: [email protected] The Northern School Tel: 01429 422000 of Art, Contact the School for details Church Square, Web: Hartlepool, www.northernart.ac.uk TS24 7EX Catcote Academy, Tel:01429 264036 Catcote Road, Contact the Academy for details Hartlepool, TS25 4EZ Web: www.catcoteacademy.co.uk Email: [email protected] Durham Area East Durham College, Tel: 0191 5182000 To try and make life just that little bit easier Peterlee Campus, for you, East Durham College offers FREE Willerby Grove, Web: bus travel to college to ALL students. Peterlee, www.eastdurham.ac.uk We’ve teamed up with Arriva North East to SR8 2RN offer you free bus travel to get you to and Email: from college. All you need to do is simply [email protected] show your college ID badge to the Arriva driver when you get on the bus. Your free travel is available to use on any Arriva bus during term-time, Monday to Friday. This offer is available to all East Durham College students, studying courses at any of our three campus sites, regardless of age or household income For further information click https://www.eastdurham.ac.uk/free_bus_se rvice https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/ 3 East Durham College, Tel: 0191 3754700 Houghall Campus, As above Durham, Web: County Durham, www.eastdurham.ac.uk https://www.eastdurham.ac.uk/free_bus_se DH1 3SG rvice Email: [email protected] https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/ Bishop Auckland Tel: 01388 443000 Students studying at Bishop Auckland College, College and South West Durham Training Woodhouse Lane, Web: will be able to travel for free on all Arriva Bishop Auckland, https://bacoll.ac.uk/ North East services in order to make their County Durham, journey to and from campus as simple as DL14 6JZ Email: possible. [email protected] Simply show your Campus ID card to the driver then sit back, relax and enjoy the journey. They offer a comprehensive network of services within County Durham, along with some dedicated college day only services and journeys designed to ensure as many students as possible can benefit. https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/school- travel/bishop-auckland-college-bus-travel Derwentside College, Tel: 01207 585900. All full time 16-18 learners are eligible Front Street, for free travel regardless of personal Consett, Web: circumstances. 16-18 learners receive County Durham, https://www.derwentside.ac.uk/ a bus pass, allowing FREE travel to and DH8 5EE from College during term time. Learners Email: using their own transport receive a mileage [email protected] allowance. 19+ learners who meet the required eligibility criteria receive a reimbursement of evidenced public transport costs of a mileage allowance. New College Durham, Tel: 0191 375 4000 Framwellgate Moor Contact the College direct for details Campus, Web: Durham, https://www.newcollegedurha https://www.newcollegedurham.ac.uk/full- DH1 5ES m.ac.uk/ time-further-education/studying-further- education/rewards/flex-and-travel/ Email: [email protected] Durham Community Tel 0191 3730336 Business College, Contact the College for details Bracken Court, Web: Ushaw Moor, https://www.durhamfederation. Durham, net/ DH7 7NG Email: [email protected] 4 Middlesbrough Area Middlesbrough Tel: 01642 333333 Contact the College direct for details. College, Dock Street, https://www.mbro.ac.uk/student- Middlesbrough, Web: services/travelling-to-college TS2 1AD https://www.mbro.ac.uk/ Macmillan Academy, Tel 01642 800800 Stockton Road, Contact the Academy for details Middlesbrough, Web: TS5 4AG http://www.macmillan- academy.org.uk/ Email: [email protected] Darlington Area Darlington College, Tel: 01325 503050 Central Park, Contact the College for details. Haughton Road, Web: Darlington, https://darlington.ac.uk/ DL1 1DR Email: [email protected] Queen Elizabeth Sixth Tel 01325 461315 Details regarding college transport and Form College, financial support for students can be found Vane Terrace, Web: on the College’s website Darlington, www.qeliz.ac.uk https://www.qeliz.ac.uk/life-at-qe/transport- County Durham, financial-support/ DL3 7AU General Email: [email protected] For further information about college Transport Email: transport please email [email protected] [email protected] Redcar & Cleveland Area Prior Pursglove Tel:01287 280800 For information on financial support, please College, contact our main reception on 01287 Church Walk, Web: 280800 Guisborough, https://pursglove.ac.uk/ TS14 6BU https://pursglove.ac.uk/16-19- students/student-support/financial-support/ Redcar & Cleveland Tel: 01642 473132 Free Travel College, Corporation Road, Web: Redcar & Cleveland College provide all our Redcar, https://www.cleveland.ac.uk/ho full-time students aged 16-18 with a FREE TS10 1EZ me Arriva bus pass. Students can enjoy the benefit of free travel 24/7 during term time including weekends. In addition to this students can use the bus pass Monday- Email: Friday during college holidays. [email protected] The areas covered by the pass include Redcar, East Cleveland, Stockton-On-Tees, Middlesbrough and Whitby. Students living outside of these areas will be provided with 5 an enhanced bus pass covering their home location area as well as the Teesside and East Cleveland region.