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SCHOOL TRANSPORT & TRAVEL GUIDE 2020-2021 WELCOME FIVE STAR SERVICE Dear Parent, All of our vehicles are modern, easy-to-board and are operated by the Thank you for your interest in our School made on a termly basis for regular travel, and ad- school or one of our audited coach operators. This means that they are Transport services. This guide for the 2020- hoc travel is paid for at the time of booking. all regularly maintained to the highest standard, giving you peace of mind 21 academic year provides information on the that your daughter is travelling in safety. wide range of travel options available to pupils at All of our school minibuses are maintained to High School and I hope you will find it of a high standard and equipped with seatbelts at use. every seat. We use friendly, DBS checked drivers who have all undertaken the MiDAS minibus or This year we are proposing to increase the size professional driving qualifications. As we expand We use dedicated drivers who work on the same route each day. These of our network in response to demand and our service this year we will also be using larger drivers get to know the pupils and are subject to an enhanced disclosure changing travel habits. We continue to follow all coaches on the most popular routes. These will be and barring service (DBS) check. government guidance for the safe operation of under contract from local providers who will have our services including measures to ensure that we to demonstrate that they provide the same level are COVID secure; services may have to change of professional standards and safety. in response to this guidance. Subject to demand We offer a wide range of different tickets on our school bus service. From we will run a full, enhanced service for the 2020- I hope that you are able to find a travel solution a single fare for a one-off journey through to return passes for the entire 21 academic year which will provide bus options in that works for you and your daughter. If you academic year, there are options for everyone’s travel arrangements. You all of the main approach routes to the school. need any further assistance, or you would like to can book tickets at any time throughout the year, so it is simple to book discuss travel options from areas not currently an extra journey or arrange travel for a visiting friend. The bus service continues to served by our school bus network, please contact be managed on our behalf by Vectare, a specialist us via the school transport website and we will be school transport management company. All pleased to assist. Our school bus network consists of 50+ bus stops, and we also have direct bookings for our school coach routes must be links from 10+ railway stations. We want to offer you a travel solution that made via our online booking system, which can I would like to wish your daughter an enjoyable works for you and your daughter, so if you need any assistance working out be accessed at bromleyhigh.vectare.co.uk. You and successful academic year and we look forward the best route to school then please do get in touch. can book travel 24/7 and, subject to availability, to welcoming girls back in September. bookings are accepted right up until the service is due to depart. Kind regards, In a change this year we will also be asking for It takes less than 30 seconds to find your nearest bus stop online, and payment through the Vectare system (rather than Richard Taylor booking takes only a few minutes, so all of the information you need Parentpay). Payments are made online and it is to arrange travel for your daughter really is at your fingertips! Visit also possible to pay via Apple and Android Pay A R Taylor bromleyhigh.vectare.co.uk to locate your nearest bus stop and book your when using a mobile device. Payment can still be Director of Finance and Operations daughter’s travel. A205 Woolwich Dockyard Arsenal A2 trains from Charlton Woolwich trains from Westcombe Arsenal Bridge Park Station ZONE C Westcombe Park (bus stop M) TIMETABLES Station A2 New Cross Blackheath, Royal Standard (bus stop P) (bus stop BD) Shooters Hill Road Shooters Hill Road (bus stop H) A202 New Cross A2 Park Road Amersham Road (bus stop R) (bus stop B) (bus stop E) Blackheath Station Thomas Tallis School A207 (bus stop F) 1 Westcombe Park trains from London Blackfriars Blackheath Kidbrooke Roundabout St. Johns Zone Stop AM PM Priory Park Station A2 The Coronet (bus stop D) (bus stop B) (bus stop N) (bus stop HP) A20 A2 ZONE C C Westcombe Park Station 07:15 17:05 Park Church C Blackheath, Royal Standard (Stop BJ) 07:21 17:00 Hither Lee Station Green (bus stop K) (bus stop B) C Shooters Hill Road, Kidbrooke Park Road (Stop D) 07:25 16:53 SOUTH Cedar Mount CIRCULAR ROAD C Thomas Tallis School (Stop F) 07:32 16:50 Lane A20 trains from trains from Albany Park, C Cranfield Walk (Stop M) 07:35 16:48 London Victoria Bexley and Crayford Eltham College Sydenham Hill Layzell Walk C Mottingham Lane, Cedar Mount 07:42 16:32 Bellingham Road Bellingham (bus stop BQ) Mottingham Road Grove Court Road Sidcup Station B Eltham College, Layzell Walk 07:43 16:30 Park (bus stop ME) Station Road (bus stop G) (bus stop K) (bus stop Q) Mottingham Road B Mottingham Road, Court Road (Stop ME) 07:46 16:28 Westow Hill New Street Hill (bus stop Y) ZONE B A20 Hill Burnt Ash Lane Sidcup Crystal A208 Carlton Road B Mottingham Road (Stop Y) 07:52 16:25 Palace (bus stop S) 3 Ravensbourne Elmstead Perry Street B Elmstead Woods Station (Stop B) 07:58 16:19 Sundridge 2 Elmstead Woods Crystal Bromley Hill Woods (bus stop B) Beaverwood Road House Beckenham Park A20 Palace Junction (bus stop DG) Bromley Lane A Station (Stop W) 08:06 16:05 Station War Memorial (bus stop M) Bromley 5 (bus stop R) Clockhouse 4 North - Bromley High School 08:10 16:00 Beckenham Library Chancery Lane Chislehurst (bus stop BD) 3 2 Chislehurst Station ZONE C Beckenham Beckenham (bus stop B) High Street (bus stop L) Bromley 1 War Memorial South Bickley (bus stop P) 1 St. Mary 4 Hayes Lane ZONE A 1 Cray Kenwood Drive 1 (bus stop PC) BROMLEY trains from , Eynsford Hayes Lane Westmoreland 3 2 HIGH Shoreham (Kent), Otford, Brabourne Rise Road Bat & Ball and Sevenoaks, (bus stop PH) Broadoaks Way (bus stop F) ZONE B 2 Blackheath

Hastings Road A223 Zone Stop AM PM (bus stop CD) (bus stop CB) (bus stop N) Bus Garage Crofton Lane (bus stop BP) Glyndebourne Orpington War Memorial Park Crofton Road Spur Road C Blackheath Station (Stop E) 07:28 16:47 Farnborough Crofton Road ZONE C C Blackheath, Priory Park (Stop D) 07:33 16:42 Park Orpington Court Road Station (bus stop A) Crofton C Lee Station (Stop B) 07:38 16:35 Road Starts Hill Road (bus stop A) C Burnt Ash Lane, New Street Hill (Stop Q) 07:52 16:20 (bus stop HL) A21 Chelsfield C Bromley, Park Avenue (Stop S) 07:54 16:18 School Bus Routes Chelsfield C Plaistow Grove, Sundridge Park Station (Stop A) 07:57 16:15 1 WESTCOMBE PARK Other main roads 1 Bickley Station 1 Bickley 1 Oldfield Road Oxendon M25 (bus stop W) St. Georges Church St. Georges Road Wood Road A21 (bus stop J) A Bickley Station (Stop W) 08:06 16:05 2 BLACKHEATH Bus stop 2 Southborough Road (see also numbered stops right, where 2 Widmore Road Blenheim Road Knockholt A21 there is insufficient space on the map) Wanstead Road - Bromley High School 08:10 16:00 3 3 GREENWICH (bus stop T) trains from Railway routes 1 Bickley Station Southlands Road ZONE C (bus stop W) 3 Widmore Road (bus stop BA) Dunton Green 4 CRYSTAL PALACE Kentish Way 4 and Sevenoaks Railway to Bus connection 2 Plaistow Grove (bus stop L) St. Mark’s Church Sundridge Park Station (bus stop E) Shoreham 5 CHELSFIELD (bus stop A) 4 Bromley North Station Church Street (bus stop E) 3 Bromley 6 WOOLWICH Park Avenue 5 London Road (bus stop S) Farwig Lane TIMETABLES TIMETABLES 3 Greenwich 5 Chelsfield Zone Stop AM PM Zone Stop AM PM C Greenwich Station (Stop P) 07:12 17:02 C Shoreham, Church Street 07:17 16:55 C New Cross, Amersham Road (Stop B) 07:25 16:49 C Chelsfield, Oxenden Wood Road 07:34 16:36 C Lewisham Park (Stop HP) 07:34 16:38 C Chelsfield (Stop A) 07:38 16:32 C Bellingham Road (Stop BQ) 07:44 16:28 C Goddington, Court Road 07:42 16:27 C Bromley Hill (Stop DG) 07:51 16:21 C Spur Road Orpington War Memorial (Stop N) 07:45 16:24 C London Road, Farwig Lane, opp Travelodge 07:52 16:19 C Orpington Station (Stop A) 07:48 16:20 B Bromley North Station (Stop E) 07:56 16:16 C Crofton Road, Crofton Lane (Stop CB) 07:50 16:18 B Widmore Road, Kentish Way (Stop L) 07:59 16:12 C Crofton Road, Glyndebourne Park (Stop CD) 07:54 16:15 B Widmore Road, Wanstead Road (Stop T) 08:00 16:10 C Crofton Road, Starts Hill Road (Stop HL) 07:55 16:14 A Bickley, St George’s Church (Stop J) 08:04 16:06 C Farnborough Park 07:57 16:12 - Bromley High School 08:10 16:00 C Hastings Road, Bus Garage (Stop BP) 08:00 16:10 - Bromley High School 08:10 16:00 4 Crystal Palace Stop Stop AM PM C Crystal Palace, Westow Hill (Stop K) 07:22 16:50 6 Woolwich C Crystal Palace Station (Stop M) 07:25 16:47 Zone Stop AM PM C Clock House Station, Beckenham Library (Stop BD) 07:36 16:36 C (Stop M) 07:15 17:00 C Beckenham High Street, War Memorial (Stop P) 07:39 16:33 C Shooters Hill Road, Woolwich Common (Stop H) 07:22 16:53 Chancery Lane Beckenham (Stop L) 07:41 16:27 C C Well Hall Roundabout, The Coronet (Stop N) 07:30 16:44 C Hayes Lane, Kenwood Drive (Stop PC) 07:46 16:25 C Eltham Church (Stop K) 07:34 16:40 C Hayes Lane, Brabourne Rise (Stop PH) 07:48 16:23 C Sidcup Station (Stop G) 07:46 16:27 C Westmoreland Road, Broadoaks Way (Stop F) 07:52 16:20 C Sidcup, Charlton Road (Stop S) 07:50 16:21 B St Mark's Church (Stop E) 07:55 16:17 C Perry St, Beaverwood Road 07:54 16:16 B Bromley Common, Southlands Road (Stop BA) 08:01 16:11 B Bromley Lane, Chislehurst War Memorial (Stop R) 07:59 16:13 B Southborough Road, Blenheim Road 08:04 16:07 B Chislehurst Station (Stop B) 08:05 16:07 B Oldfield Road, St Georges Road 08:05 16:06 - Bromley High School 08:10 16:00 - Bromley High School 08:10 16:00 LATE BUS SERVICE OTHER TRANSPORT

Bikes Girls are welcome to cycle to school, with bicycle racks situated just behind the science block at the rear of Late Bus the site. It is recommended that bikes are secured using a suitable lock. Departure from school: 17:30 Cars Girls may drive to and from school once written permission has been received from both their parents and In response to parental requests, Bromley High School will continue to provide a late bus service from September 2020. Mrs Bird (Head of Sixth Form). Driving is only permitted once girls have obtained a full driving licence. Girls Buses depart from the school at 17:30 serving the areas north of the school. Subject to demand, further buses can be are not permitted to drive or park on the Bromley High School site; they should park considerately without provided to other areas. causing inconvenience to local residents. Further details are available in the Sixth Form Drivers Policy, copies of which are available from Mrs Bird. Parents need to book their daughter on the service at least 6 hours in advance through the online booking system and the exact route will be calculated each day depending on demand. You will receive a confirmation email upon booking the late Taxis bus service, which will confirm that your daughter is able to travel. The school’s recommended taxi suppliers are Cannon Cars of Bromley and Bromley South Cars. Cannon If you have any questions, or you need to change your booking, please get in touch with us via the Contact Us form Cars of Bromley can be contacted on 0208 777 8888. Bromley South Cars can be contacted on 0208 464 online. Fares on the late bus service are the same as those on the other school bus services, and if you purchase a bus pass 4441. for the school bus service, your daughter can use the late bus service at no extra cost.

Go to Contact our Transport bromleyhigh.vectare.co.uk Make your booking Department via the to locate your nearest bus and get instant website if you have any stop and book ad hoc or confirmation questions 1 regular travel 2 3 FARES TERMS & CONDITIONS 1. This agreement is made between all school bus 9. No pupil is permitted to travel on the School Bus passengers, their parents and Bromley High School Service if not pre-booked for that bus, as they will in order to provide safe, comfortable and civilised not be insured to travel. Other arrangements for Zone A Zone B Zone C journeys for all passengers. journeys to and from school must be made by them or their parents. 2. Arrangements for pupils’ journeys to and from Single journey (ad-hoc) £1.60 £4.20 £10.40 school are the responsibility of their parents. To 10. Pupils must travel to and from Bromley High School assist with discharging this responsibility, Bromley in full school uniform or a full school tracksuit AM only / PM only (per year) £182 £577 £873 High School provides a School Bus Service. (except on approved non-uniform days).

Return travel (per year) £312 £962 £1,456 3. Transport on the School Bus Service must be 11. Pupils should be at the bus stop 5 minutes before arranged in advance and is paid for through the the scheduled time of departure to ensure they don’t Vectare booking system. miss the service. 4. Bookings on the School Bus Service are non- 12. Good conduct is required at all times. Bullying, refundable in the event of a pupil failing to travel. shouting, use of foul language, dropping litter, Regular travel must be booked for a full academic playing music, or any other misbehaviour is strictly year. forbidden. 5. Bookings are to be made online via 13. Except when embarking or disembarking, all bromleyhigh.vectare.co.uk. passengers must remain seated with their seatbelts fastened correctly. 6. Each pupil for whom an online form has been submitted will be added to a bus list detailing the 14. Whilst on a School Bus, all passengers must accept service they travel on, their bus stop and what travel without question the authority of a member of has been paid for. Their name will appear on a list, Bromley High School staff, a transport company which will be checked by the driver. official, or a school prefect or bus monitor, who may ask them to obey any reasonable instruction such 7. It will be the parent’s responsibility to inform the as to pick up litter, desist from certain actions or to School via the Contact Us form on the website if move to a different seat. they no longer wish for their child to use the School Bus Service. One full term’s notice must be given 15. Failure to comply with these conditions may by a parent prior to the removal of a pupil from the result in disciplinary action, including temporary School Bus Service (apart from an ad-hoc journey). or permanent withdrawal of permission to use the Sign up to our School Bus Service. school bus service 8. If you wish for your child to use the School Bus Service on an ad-hoc basis, or to vary the details of 16. Bromley High School aims for 95% of journeys to their bus travel as a one-off, you should book travel operate within the transport industry window of via the online website prior to travel. A charge of tolerance of one minute early to five minutes late, £1.60, £4.20 or £10.40 per single journey is levied however timings may vary due to traffic conditions for individual trips depending on location. or unforeseen circumstances. Drivers will not wait past the scheduled departure time. BLACKBROOK LANE, BROMLEY, KENT BR1 2TW TEL. 020 8781 7000 - EMAIL. [email protected] - WEB. WWW.BROMLEYHIGH.GDST.NET The Girls’ Day School Trust Registered Charity No. 306983 Registered Office 10 Bressenden Place, Westminster, London SW1E 5DH - www.gdst.net

Produced by Vectare for Bromley High School © Vectare 2020 Timetable, route and fare information is correct as of July 2020. This guide is produced for information only. We cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions or for any loss or damages caused, howsoever arising and including consequential losses, as a result of the use of this School Transport and Travel Guide. Please note that school bus routes are subject to change.