Home to School Transport Policy 2010/11

7 -circumstances since that time, in which case the availability of placeswhen the application for assistance with home to school transport ismade, will be considered. In the case of children moving into an area orchanging schools, the availability of places will be determined at thetime an application for a school place is made.For community and controlled secondary schools which usegeographical priority areas as part of the admissions criteria, thegeographical priority area school is considered to be the nearest suitableand travelling expenses will only be paid to the priority area school,provided the distance criterion is met. In circumstances, however, wherethere is a school or schools closer to the home address than thegeographical priority area school, the Council will meet the cost oftravel to the nearest of those schools in addition to thegeographical priority area school, provided that the distancecriteria is metIf at the time of allocation, a place is offered in accordance with parentalpreference at a school over the statutory walking distance but a place isavailable at a nearer suitable school within the statutory walkingdistance, assistance with travel to the allocated school will not be given.For those applications however where the child is not attending thenearest suitable school, but where no place is available at anotherschool within statutory distance, the application will be subject to acentral review process, where the circumstances of the family, thepreferences expressed and the availability of alternative schools wouldbe taken into consideration.(i)Determining three nearest schools.When establishing the three nearest schools for secondary agedpupils who qualify for transport assistance on low incomegrounds, the County Council-(a) will not consider denominational schools for those pupils whodo not desire a denominational education.(b) will not consider single sex schools for pupils who do not fulfilthe gender for that particular school(c) will not consider grammar schools for those pupils notselected for those schools.(d) In cases where pupils are applying for school placesoutside the normal admissions round, the three nearestschools will be those with places available at the time thenew school place is allocated.