As the Coronavirus (Covid-19) emergency continues, Shropshire Council is working to re-activate all its home to school transport for entitled pupils from September 2020.

The Government has decided that all schools will re-open in September 2020 and all pupils will return to school. They have issued advice (e.g. Department for Education Transport to School and other places of education; Autumn Term 2020, published 11 August 2020) about how this will be achieved, and the Council is following this guidance as it re-activates the school transport network.

To keep everyone as safe as possible, we will rely on stakeholders’ full cooperation in following this guidance – this includes operators, staff, parents, pupils and schools.  Only by all of us working together will we keep everyone safe as they can be. This offer of Covid-19 safe school transport is made by the local authority to parents/pupils, but if parents/pupils do not wish to accept the offer, they can make their own alternative arrangements for transport to and from school.

Guidance for school transport and other council passenger transport - From September 2020
https://shropshire.gov.uk/school-transport/coronavirus-covid-19-emergency-guidance-for-school-transport-other-council-passenger-transport-from-september-2020/

Getting to school safely leaflet - From September 2020
https://shropshire.gov.uk/media/15963/send-return-to-school-leaflet-2020.pdf

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