School Transport & Travel Guide

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1 School Transport & Travel Guide

2 Welcome Map Five Star Service Dear Parent, Our modern fleet of minibuses is operated in house by Bromley High Thank you for taking the time to look at our School Transport and Travel Guide for the academic year. This is our first such guide, and we have produced it in order to communicate the wide range of travel options available to girls at Bromley High School. New for this year is our interactive journey planning website for our school bus service, available at bromleyhigh.vectare.co.uk. This allows you to enter your postcode, find your closest bus stop, and see bespoke travel information for your daughter s journey to school. The website also allows you to book a journey 24/7 from anywhere in the world; for morning journeys bookings are open until 19:00 the day before travel, and for afternoon journeys, bookings are open until the vehicle departs (except for the late bus). This means, if you are running late from work, or your plans have changed at the last minute, your daughter can travel on the school bus service. For all of our school bus services, the fares are simply added to your ParentPay account meaning girls are not required to carry cash. We have introduced a number of new school bus services for this academic year in response to parental feedback. We now offer direct services from Crystal Palace, Dunton Green and Woolwich in addition to our existing services from Blackheath, Greenwich and Shirley. All services have revised routes and timetables from September Services 1 and 5 will now offer a shuttle service between Bickley railway station and Bromley High School, and our school buses also stop at many other railway stations. We are introducing a late bus service from September 2018, which will operate on a more flexible basis in response to passenger demand. You will be able to book this on an ad hoc basis, and the best route will be calculated every evening. Late buses will depart at 17:30 every evening, with one bus serving the area to the north of Bromley High School and one bus serving the area to the south (subject to demand). All of our school minibuses are maintained to a high standard and equipped with safety belts at every seat. We use friendly, DBS checked drivers who have all attained the MIDAS minibus driving qualification. I hope that you are able to find a travel solution that works for you and your daughter. If you need any further assistance, or you would like to discuss travel options from areas not currently served by our school bus network, please contact us via the school transport website and we will be pleased to assist. I would like to wish your daughter a pleasant and successful academic year. Kind regards, Jonathan Crisp Director of Finance and Operations School. We take great pride in our fleet, with all vehicles maintained to the highest standards, giving you peace of mind that your daughter is travelling to and from school in safety and comfort. We use dedicated drivers who work on the same route every day, so they can get to know their passengers. All drivers receive specialist minibus driver training and are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We offer a wide range of different tickets on our school bus service. From a single fare for a one off journey through to return passes for the entire academic year, there are options for everybody s travel arrangements. You can book tickets at any time throughout the year, so its simple to book an extra journey or arrange travel for a visiting friend. Our school bus network consists of 50+ bus stops, and we also have direct links from 30+ railway stations. We want to offer you a travel solution that works for you and your daughter, so if you need any assistance working out the best route to school then please do get in touch. It takes less than 30 seconds to find your nearest bus stop online, and booking takes only a few minutes, so all of the information you need to arrange travel for your daughter really is at your fingertips. Visit bromleyhigh.vectare.co.uk to locate your nearest bus stop and book your daughter s travel.

3 Fares for the School Bus Service Terms & Conditions of Carriage Single journey (one off) 1.50 Return journey (one off) Regular single journey (entire year, per journey) Regular return journey (entire year, per journey) AM only / PM only (per year) Return travel (per year) Zone A Zone B Zone C Zone D ,400 1,750 Sign up to our school bus service 1, This agreement is made between all school bus passengers, their parents and Bromley High School in order to provide safe, comfortable and civilised journeys for all passengers. 2. Arrangements for pupils journeys to and from school are the responsibility of their parents. To assist with discharging this responsibility, Bromley High School provides a School Bus Service. 3. Transport on the School Bus Service must be arranged in advance and is paid for through the ParentPay account. 4. Bookings on the School Bus Service are nonrefundable in the event of a pupil failing to travel. Regular travel for fewer than ten journeys per week must be booked for a full academic year, and the days of travel must be consistent from week to week. 5. Bookings are to be made online via bromleyhigh.vectare.co.uk. 6. Each pupil for whom an online form has been submitted will be added to a bus list detailing the service they travel on, their bus stop and what travel has been paid for. Their name will appear on a list, which will be checked by the driver. 7. It will be the parent s responsibility to inform the School via the Contact Us form on the website if they no longer wish for their child to use the School Bus Service. One full term s notice must be given by a parent prior to the removal of a pupil from the School Bus Service (apart from an ad-hoc journey). 8. If you wish for your child to use the School Bus Service on an ad hoc basis, or to vary the details of their bus travel as a one-off, you should book travel via the website prior to travel. A charge of 1.50, 4.00, or per single journey is levied for individual trips depending on location. 9. No pupil is permitted to travel on the School Bus Service if not pre booked for that bus, as they will not be insured to travel. Other arrangements for journeys to and from School must be made by them or their parents. 10. Pupils must travel to and from Bromley High School in full school uniform or a full school tracksuit (except on approved non-unifrom days). 11. Pupils should be at the bus stop 5 minutes before the scheduled time of departure, to ensure they don t miss the bus. 12. Good conduct is required at all times. Bullying, shouting, use of foul language, dropping litter, playing music, or any other misbehaviour is strictly forbidden. 13. Except when embarking or disembarking, all passengers must remain seated with their seatbelts fastened correctly. 14. Whilst on a School Bus, all passengers must accept without question the authority of a member of Bromley High School staff, transport company official, school prefect or bus monitor, who may ask them to obey any reasonable instruction such as to pick up litter, desist from certain actions or to move to a different seat. 15. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disciplinary action, including temporary or permanent withdrawal of permission to use the School Bus Service. 16. Bromley High School aims for 95% of journeys to operate within the transport industry window of tolerance of one minute early to five minutes late, however timings may vary due to traffic conditions or unforeseen circumstances. Drivers will not wait past the scheduled departure time.

4 Bikes Girls are welcome to cycle to school, with bicycle racks situated just behind the science block at the rear of the site. It is recommended that bikes are secured using a suitable lock. Cars Girls may drive to and from school once written permission has been received from both their parents and Mrs Bird (Head of Sixth Form). Driving is only permitted once girls have obtained a full driving licence. Girls are not permitted to drive or park on the Bromley High School site; they should park considerately off site without causing inconvenience to local residents. Further details are available in the Sixth Form Drivers Policy, copies of which are available from Mrs Bird. Taxis The school s recommended taxi suppliers are Cannon Cars of Bromley and Bromley South Cars. Cannon Cars of Bromley can be contacted on Bromley South Cars can be contacted on trains from London Victoria Sydenham Hill Westow Hill (bus stop K) Crystal Palace (bus stop M) trains from Luton and London Blackfriars ANERLEY Birkbeck (bus stop BA) Mapledale Avenue (bus stop D) Kent House Catford Beckenham Library (bus stop BD) ELMERS END SHIRLEY Bellingham Beckenham Hill Ravensbourne Beckenham Junction Upper Shirley Road (bus stop A) Trafalgar Estate (bus stop S) GREENWICH Greenwich High Road Roan Street (bus stop H) West Wickham Baptist Church (bus stop P) A2 Lewisham Centre (bus stop X) Bromley Road Shortlands (bus stop C) St. Germans Place (bus stop F) Blackheath (bus stop E) Lee SOUTH CIRCULAR ROAD R Bromley Park Avenue Scotts Lane Shortlands HAYES Shortlands ZONE C Westcombe Park Road Vanburgh Park Road GROVE PARK Kidbrooke Bromley South LEE Blackheath, Royal Standard (bus stop BD) Shooters Hill Road Kidbrooke Park Road (bus stop BD) Eltham College Layzell Walk Mottingham Road Court Road (bus stop ME) ZONE B ZONE B Thomas Tallis School (bus stop F) A2 Burnt Ash Lane New Street Hill (bus stop Q) R Bromley North (bus stop E) Bertha James Day Centre R Plaistow Grove (bus stop F) ZONE C Mottingham Lane Cedar Mount Bickley ZONE A Elmstead Woods Bickley (bus stop E) Farnborough Park John Wilson Street Powis Street (Bus stop Y) Shooters Hill Road Well Hall Road (bus stop WR) Well Hall Roundabout The Coronet (bus stop Q) BROMLEY HIGH ELTHAM Queensway Petts Wood (bus stop T) WOOLWICH 7 A2 New Eltham Footscray Road (bus stop J) Bromley Lane Chislehurst War Memorial (bus stop R) Chislehurst CHISLEHURST Petts Wood Orpington ZONE B St. Mary Cray ORPINGTON Walnuts Centre (bus stop T) Swanley trains from Sevenoaks, Bat & Ball, Otford, Shoreham (Kent) and Eynsford School Bus Service Map KESTON Croydon Road The Keston Mark (bus stop KQ) A21 Stirling Drive (bus stop D) M25 GREEN STREET GREEN ZONE C Chelsfield Oxendon Wood Road A21 A21 Pratts Bottom Knockholt 1 LEWISHAM 2 BLACKHEATH 3 WOOLWICH 4 SHIRLEY 5 CRYSTAL PALACE 6 SEVENOAKS Bus stop R Request stop Railway interchange Vectare: ZONE D Knockholt Pound Pound Lane Halstead The Cock M25 M25 M26 Dunton Green Lennard Road

5 Timetables 1 Lewisham C Lewisham Centre (Stop X) 07:00 17:25 C Greenwich High Road / Roan Street (Stop H) 07:10 17:15 C Trafalgar Estate (Stop S) 07:14 17:09 C Westcombe Park Road / Vanbrugh Park Road 07:18 17:02 C Blackheath, Royal Standard (Stop BD) 07:21 17:00 C Shooters Hill Road / Kidbrooke Park Road (Stop R) 07:25 16:53 C Thomas Tallis School (Stop F) 07:32 16:50 C Kidbrooke (Stop B) 07:35 16:48 C Mottingham Lane / Cedar Mount 07:42 16:32 B Eltham College / Layzell Walk 07:43 16:30 B Mottingham Road / Court Road (Stop ME) 07:46 16:28 B Mottingham Road (Stop Y) 07:52 16:25 B Elmstead Woods (Stop B) 07:58 16:19 A Bickley (Stop E) 08:07 16:05 - Bromley High School 08:10 16:00 2 Blackheath C St Germans Place (Stop F) 07:31 17:02 C Blackheath (Stop E) 07:35 16:55 C Lee (Stop B) 07:45 16:43 C Burnt Ash Lane / New Street Hill (Stop Q) 08:01 16:25 C Bromley, Park Avenue (REQUEST STOP) R R B Bromley North (Stop E) (REQUEST STOP) R R B Bertha James Day Centre (REQUEST STOP) R R - Bromley High School 08:20 16:00 3 Woolwich C John Wilson Street / Powis Street (Stop Y) 07:15 17:05 C Shooters Hill Road / Well Hall Road (Stop WR) 07:25 16:57 C Well Hall Roundabout / The Coronet (Stop Q) 07:29 16:51 C New Eltham / Footscray Road (Stop J) 07:41 16:37 C Bromley Lane / Chislehurst War Memorial (Stop R) 07:59 16:19 C Chislehurst (Stop B) 08:07 16:07 - Bromley High School 08:10 16:00 4 Shirley C Mapledale Avenue (Stop D) 07:27 16:40 C Upper Shirley Road (Stop A) 07:30 16:37 C West Wickham Baptist Church (Stop P) 07:36 16:31 C Croydon Road / The Keston Mark (Stop KQ) 07:52 16:15 B Farnborough Park 07:55 16:12 - Bromley High School 08:05 16:00 5 Crystal Palace Stop Stop AM PM C Westow Hill (Stop K) 07:15 17:00 C Crystal Palace (Stop M) 07:17 16:57 C Birbeck (Stop BA) 07:25 16:48 C Beckenham Library (Stop BD) 07:31 16:44 C Scotts Lane, Shortlands 07:40 16:30 C Bromley Road / Shortlands (Stop C) 07:43 16:27 C Plaistow Grove (Stop F) 07:50 16:15 A Bickley (Stop E) 07:59 16:05 - Bromley High School 08:03 16:00

6 Timetables 6 Sevenoaks D Dunton Green, Lennard Road 07:10 17:05 D Knockholt Pound, Pound Lane 07:17 16:55 D Halstead, The Cock 07:20 16:50 C Knockholt 07:25 16:45 C Pratts Bottom 07:32 16:42 C Chelsfield, Oxendon Wood Road 07:36 16:37 C Stirling Drive (Stop D) 07:40 16:33 B Walnuts Centre (Stop T) 07:48 16:24 B Queensway / Petts Wood (Stop C) 07:58 16:14 - Bromley High School 08:10 16:00 Late bus Departure from school: 17:30 Bickley Railway Shuttle Minibus Shuttle to Bromley High School AM (route 1): 08:07 PM (route 5): 16:05 AM (route 5): 07:59 PM (late bus): 17:35 Rail services to Bickley Railway ThamesLink: 05:57 from Luton (arrive Bickley 07:36) West Hampstead Thameslink (06:35), London St Pancras (06:47), Farringdon (06:52), City Thameslink (06:54), London Blackfriars (06:56), Elephant & Castle (07:00), Denmark Hill (07:08), Peckham Rye (07:11), Nunhead (07:14), Crofton Park (07:17), Catford (07:20), Bellingham (07:23), Beckenham Hill (07:25), Ravensbourne (07:27), Shortlands (07:30), Bromley South (07:33) ThamesLink: 07:18 from Sevenoaks (arrive Bickley 07:45) Bat & Ball (07:21), Otford (07:25), Shoreham (Kent) (07:28), Eynsford (07:31), Swanley (07:37), St Mary Cray (07:41) ThamesLink: 07:16 from London Blackfriars (arrive Bickley 07:55) Elephant & Castle (07:20), Denmark Hill (07:28), Peckham Rye (07:31), Nunhead (07:34), Crofton Park (07:37), Catford (07:40), Bellingham (07:43), Beckenham Hill (07:45), Ravensbourne (07:47), Shortlands (07:50), Bromley South (07:53), Bickley (07:55) Southeastern: 07:28 from London Victoria (arrive Bickley 07:58) Brixton (07:35), Herne Hill (07:37), West Dulwich (07:40), Sydenham Hill (07:42), Penge East (07:45), Kent House (07:47), Beckenham Junction (07:50), Shortlands (07:53), Bromley South (07:56), Bickley (07:58) In response to parental requests, Bromley High School are introducing a late bus service from September Buses will depart Bromley High School at 17:30, with one vehicle serving stops to the north of the school and another vehicle serving stops to the south of the school (subject to demand). Parents need to book their daughter onto the service at least 24 hours in advance via the online booking system, and every day we will calculate the best route for the service to take. You will receive a confirmation upon booking the late bus service. If you have any questions, or you need to change your booking, please get in touch with us via the Contact Us form online. Fares on the late bus service are the same as those on the other school bus services, and if you purchase a bus pass for the school bus service your daughter can use the late bus service at no extra cost. Southeastern: 07:54 from Orpington (arrive Bickley 08:01) Petts Wood (07:57), Bickley (08:01) 1 Go to bromleyhigh.vectare.co.uk to locate your nearest bus stop and book ad hoc or regular travel 2Make your booking and get instant confirmation 3Contact our Transport Department via the website if you have any questions

7 BLACKBROOK LANE, BROMLEY, KENT BR1 2TW TEL BHS@BRO.GDST.NET - WEB. The Girls Day School Trust Registered Charity No Registered Office 100 Rochester Row, London SW1P 1JP - Produced by Vectare for Bromley High School Vectare 2018 Timetable, route and fare information is correct as of July This guide is produced for information only. We cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions or for any loss or damages caused, howsoever arising and including consequential losses, as a result of the use of this School Transport and Travel Guide. Please note that school bus routes are subject to change.