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School buses
The Education Department encourages pupils to use public transport, the schools' bus service or to cycle or walk to school to help reduce traffic around schools and on island roads in general.
The Environment Department is responsible for the provision of the schools' bus service.
The existing schools' bus service falls into two categories
1. dedicated 'private hire' buses that operate to specific schools around the Island from the main catchment areas; and
2. the provision of Ormer cards which children can use to travel to and from school on the scheduled bus services.
Currently entitlement to use the dedicated 'private hire' buses and the scheduled bus service for free depends on the child's age and the distance he or she might live from school. There is a legal obligation on the States to provide free transport between their homes and schools for all children aged under eight years living in excess of one mile from their catchment area school and for all children aged eight years or over living in excess of two and a half miles from their school.
Free Ormer cards for use on scheduled service buses are available for special place holders at the grant-maintained Colleges and students attending the Grammar School who cannot access one of the school buses. To be eligible, students must live more than two and a half miles from the school by the shortest route on foot.
Forms are available to download below.
Document downloads
Bus card request form
Word document (31KB)
CFE bus card request form
Word document (96KB)
Transport and School Lets
Address: Education Department, PO Box 32, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 3AUTel: +44 01481 733000 Fax: +44 Email: transport@education.gov.gg
