Transport

This page gives you information about home to school transport for students attending Consett Academy.

Please note all policy/criteria is set by Durham County Council and not by Consett Academy. Home to secondary school transport is administered through Durham County Council.

Free Home to School transport – Who qualifies?

Students of compulsory school age are entitled to free home to school transport to:

• the nearest suitable school, if that school is more than three miles from the parental home using the shortest available walking route.　

http://www.durham.gov.uk/article/2919/Home-to-secondary-school-transport

Extended Transport Policy

For secondary school children who are eligible for free school meals, or whose parents receive their maximum level of Working Tax Credit, free transport will be provided to:

• one of the three nearest qualifying schools, if that school is more than two but less than six miles from the child’s home, or
• the nearest secondary school preferred because of religion or *belief　for students whose parent(s) adhere to that particular faith, where that school is more than two but less than fifteen miles from the child’s home.　

* For this purpose, parental adherence to the Roman Catholic faith has been defined as where at least one parent and the student are baptised Roman Catholic; and to the Anglican faith where at least one parent is a confirmed Anglican and the student is a baptised Anglican.

The six mile upper limit to a choice of schools and the fifteen mile upper limit to a school preferred on the grounds of religion or belief are not walking routes therefore these routes will be measured along road routes.

Transport Contracts

Our campus is located centrally and is on regular bus routes via Villa Real Road, Medomsley Road and Sherburn Terrace and is less than a ten minutes walk to the central bus station in Consett. Taking this into consideration, some local bus services have been introduced or adapted to provide transport to/from our new campus. Details are as follows:

Durham Diamond 16 Flinthill/Dipton/Leadgate Durham Diamond 16 - Durham to Consett and Shotley Bridge Hospital | Go North East

Country Ranger 78 Stanley/Annfield Plain/Leadgate - Country Ranger 78 - Sunderland to Consett | Go North East

Venture V5 Leadgate/Medomsley/ The Dene - Venture V5 - Crookhall to The Dene | Go North East

X15 Lanchester/Delves Lane X-lines X5 - Durham to Consett and Castleside | Go North East

Gem Travel Consett Academy 806 Service direct to Consett Academy. 
Gem Travel | Service 806 | Consett Academy | Gem Travel | North East Mini bus & Coach Hire (gem-travel.co.uk)

Weardale Travel Lanchester to Consett Academy 
Service 764: Wolsingham - Consett and Service 765: Crook - Consett (weardale-travel.co.uk)