Deadline nearing for home to school transport applications for next academic year

16 May 2025

North Northamptonshire Council is reminding parents and carers of pupils who require home to school travel assistance for the next academic year – starting in September 2025 – to apply as soon as possible.

The deadline for applications has been extended until 11:59pm on Friday, 30 May, 2025.

It cannot be guaranteed that a seat will be available for applications received after 30 May, 2025.

Post 16 and non-entitled school transport applications only cover one academic year, therefore a new application needs to be submitted every year.

Applications are only required for:

• New admissions/new requests for transport (all year groups)
• Pupils who wish to/need to purchase a 'paid for' (spare seat) ticket
• Pupils who have changed/are changing schools over the Summer (e.g. Year 6 to Year 7 transfer)
• Pupils who have moved/will move home address over the Summer
• Pupils transferring to or already attending Post 16 education (Post 16 students need to apply each year)
• Pupils where transport was only provided for a limited period and that period is due to expire, but you would like it to continue, e.g. short term transport because of a medical problem which has not yet fully resolved

More information and links to make online applications is available on our School Travel Assistance webpages.

Current in-year applications

The final date for applications for travel assistance to begin before the end of the current school year (known as in-year applications) is 11 June, 2025.

Applications after this date will not be processed unless there are exceptional circumstances.