Schools
Home to School
A specilaity of ours as an approved contractor by Shropshire County Council. For them and independent schools we carry out 15 daily contracts, moving nearly 700 school children safely back and forth on a daily basis
School Routes and Times
Please click on the link to provide you with timetables on all of our school route.
Lakeside Coaches, School and College Times 2012
Ellesmere College
- Tarporley and Whitchurch Route
- Market Drayton and Wem Route
Information on fees and transfers for parents of Ellesmere College Students:
http://www.ellesmere.com/admissions/bus-routes
Lakelands School Routes and Times 2012
- EL0275 Burlton to Lakelands school
- EL1006 Tetchill to Lakelands School
- EL1032 English Frankton to Lakelands School
- Oswestry to Lakelands School
Corbet School, Baschurch Route and Times 2012
- BA 1261 Bagley to Corbet School
Newtown Primary School Routes and Times 2012
- WE 1060 Loppington to Newtown Primary School
Useful Information
Applying for State School Transport from Shropshire County Council:
http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/traveltransport.nsf/open/E6D2865883D6108E8025709700396015
HSE homepage on school trips – tackling the health and safety myths:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/services/education/school-trips.htm
Educational Tours
Whether a day visit to a museum or an extended tour we have many years experience of operating on behalf of many well respected tour companies including: STS travel, Keystage travel, Norman Allen.
We welcome schools and colleges to come to us direct and along with our group tour planners Showcase Tours we can put together a bespoke package for you curriculum demands, rooming arrangements, party numbers, staff numbers, budget etc.
After School Fixtures/Sports
We are able to offer competitive pricing for your matches and fixtures due to the structure of our home to school contracts.
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Safety Features
Seat Belts – fitted to every passenger seat on every one of our vehicles and are certified as being properly fitted to industry standards.
Speed Limiters – all coaches have set to a maximum of 100kph (approx. 63mph)
Insurance – all vehicles are covered by our fully comprehensive insurance.
Maintenance – all coaches are maintained in line with current legislation. They are tested by the vehicle inspectorate once yearly, they are also checked over mechanically every 6 weeks. In addition the driver assigned to a vehicle each day are required to carry out a list of daily checks and sign that the vehicle is road worthy.
Modern Coaches – average vehicle age of 5 years.
Training – all coach drivers are trained to a minimum of DVLA category D standard. We also provide in-house training at our training facility on manual handling, drivers hours compliance, first aid, customer service, disability awareness and defensive driving.
Drivers – our drivers have many years of experience in dealing with child passengers, all our staff even the non-driving staff are all proactively CRB checked.
CCTV - some of our school fleet are fitted with multi-camera CCTV systems and hard disk recorders to encourage good behaviour and improve passenger safety.
Risk Assessments – we are happy to prepare bespoke risk assessments for you party or let you have one of our pre-prepared ones.
