From spring to early summer 2025, we consulted on a proposed change to the Home to School Transport provision in Central Bedfordshire to remove the 'catchment school' criteria in our current policy for 'eligible children' of compulsory school age (5 to 16 years old) and to provide transport to the nearest suitable school (with available places) only.
You can read the Home to School Transport consultation results (PDF) and view the Executive Committee papers. Levels of support for the proposed change varied across different groups according to their circumstances.
On 2 September 2025, the Executive approved the changes to the Home to School Transport policy.