Key Dates

We will then analyse all feedback received and use this to report on findings and our recommendations to the meeting of the Combined Authority on Thursday 31 July 2025. This will support the Combined Authority to agree a new policy.

Any changes to school bus travel will be implemented over time and we would engage and consult, as necessary later in the year on any proposed service-specific changes arising from any policy changes. School services and budgets have already been agreed for the 2025/26 school years.

Any changes to our policy would therefore be implemented from September 2026 (the 2026/27 school year) at the earliest