Code of Practice Home/School Transport of Pupils ... - Angus Council

Transport from School10. Parents/Carers must meet pupils at the normal vehicle stopping places at the agreedtimes.11. If parents/carers cannot be at home when a pupil is due home, they must let theescort/driver know who will meet their child at home that afternoon. This informationshould also be confirmed with the school. If a child is to be returned to a place otherthan the normal stopping place, then parents/carers will be responsible for makingtheir own alternative transport arrangements. In such circumstances parents shouldlet the driver/escort and the school know that the usual transport will be not berequired home from school that afternoon and what the alternative arrangements are.Parents should be aware that drivers are not allowed to vary their route on request.12. If, due to emergency circumstances, no-one is at home when the vehicle arrivesthere, parents/carers should be aware that the following procedures will be followed:- the driver will wait 5 minutes and, if this is an option, will then continue on hisjourney with the other pupils and return to the house from the end of his route. if there is still no-one at home and the emergency contact person cannot becontacted, the driver may be advised to take the child to a care agency suchas the People Directorate - Social Work & Health. If this is necessaryparents/carers will be responsible for collecting their child on their return.Drivers/escorts have been instructed not to take pupils home with them.13. Parents/carers are asked to make sure that information which they would like to bepassed on to school staff is in writing, to avoid any possibility of misunderstanding.14. Children's school equipment and personal belongings should be contained in anamed bag wherever possible.Emergency Procedures15. Should a passenger require urgent medical assistance, the passenger concernedshould be made as comfortable as possible and the driver/escort should dial 999 torequest assistance. Contact should be made with the Transport Team andhome/school as soon as possible with an explanation of the reason for the delay.16. Parents will be advised by the driver/school staff of any significant incident on thevehicle which involves their child on the day that the incident occurs.16