This might sound like a sensible plan from
#NorthYorkshire to reduce travel costs and send pupils to the nearest school.. but round here we are close to the border of
#Lancashire #Cumbria and
#NorthYorkshire so it leads to a ridiculous mess.
#SettleCollege currently has many students bussed in from
#Ingleton and
#Bentham.. but under new
#SchoolTransport plans those kids would be sent over to
#KirkbyLonsdale in
#Cumbria because
#QES is fractionally closer. If parents want pupils to go to other schools they will have to pay for transport...but...
#QES is already full with no capacity to take all those extra pupils. Don't get me started about the failings of the new
#UnitaryAuthority and loss of local knowledge due to the demise of
#DistrictCouncils...sigh...
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/news/2024/new-home-school-travel-arrangements-north-yorkshire-approved