Buy a vacant seat on a school coach

If your child doesn’t qualify for free school transport, you may be able to pay for their seat.  

We can offer this if: 

  • there is space on one of our existing routes 
  • they don’t already get free school transport on another route 
  • there is no public transport route they could use 

Check if you already qualify for free school transport

What does it cost?

Prices from September 2023 

Primary school children:  

  • £94.35 per term (6 terms per year) 
  • Extra children from the same family are £70.76 per term. 

Secondary school and sixth form children:  

  • £188.70 per term (6 terms per year) 
  • Extra children from the same family are £141.53 per term. 

Which schools do we serve?

Check the list to see if we serve your child’s school with our transport.  

Primary schools 

  • Alfriston School 
  • Burwash C E Primary School 
  • Dallington CE School 
  • Firle Primary School 
  • Laughton Community Primary School 
  • Little Horsted C of E Primary 
  • Ninfield C of E Primary School 
  • Rye Community Primary School 
  • St Peter’s C of E Primary School (Chailey) 

Also see: Primary school coach timetables 

Secondary schools 

 

How to buy a vacant seat

First, complete the request form.

After we have allocated places to everyone who qualifies, we'll confirm if we have seats left for you to buy.

  • for the start of a new school year, you’ll find out if you can buy a vacant seat in November 
  • if you apply after November in a school year, we aim to respond within 10 working days