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

School travel assistance

16 May 2025

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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.