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1 School Transport and Travel Guide 0-08

2 Welcome Dear Parent, Thank you for taking the time to look at our School Transport and Travel Guide for the 0-08 academic year. This is our first such guide, and we have produced it in order to provide a holistic picture of the different ways that girls can access Northampton High School. New for this year is our interactive journey planning website for our school bus service, available at 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 / from anywhere in the world, meaning that if you need to leave early for work one morning or you re running late and you would like your daughter to travel on a school bus as a one off, you can make a booking right up until the bus has departed your stop. Billing for our school bus service has not changed; you will still be billed for all journeys made via your ParentPay account. Our school bus network is extensive, with direct routes from Kettering, Milton Keynes, Brackley, Daventry, Wellingborough and many more. This booklet contains information on the school bus routes and taxi shuttle services that we arrange directly, along with local Stagecoach bus routes that serve the school and rail services to Northampton and Bedford stations. Some school bus routes are operated with coaches supplied by Country Lion and Poynters, and others are operated directly by the school using our minibuses. All the vehicles used to operate our school bus routes and taxi shuttle services are maintained to a high standard, and every seat has a seatbelt. The drivers on these routes are all DBS checked. Poynters, Country Lion, our taxi operators and indeed our own drivers all have a track record of delivering exceptionally high standards of safety and customer service. We 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 or contact nhsadmin@nhs.gdst. net. I would like to wish your daughter a pleasant and successful academic year. Kind regards, Anne Headley Director of Finance and Operations School Bus Routes BRIXWORTH WELFORD MILTON KEYNES NEWPORT PAGNELL BRACKLEY DAVENTRY 8 KETTERING 9 WELLINGBOROUGH Rugby from Birmingham and Crewe Ashby St. Ledgers Daventry Court Hotel Sedgemoor Way Daventry Timken Way Staverton Badby School Hill Newham Other Bus and Rail Routes Stagecoach Bus Route (serves all normal bus stops as far as Hackleton, then either Piddington or Horton) Stagecoach Bus Route Railway lines Symbols Rail interchange Bus stop (see also right) Other Long Distance Services Stagecoach bus route X runs from Leicester and connects with Stagecoach bus route at Northampton Bus Interchange (Bay 8). Taxi shuttle runs non-stop from Bedford railway station. Taxi shuttle 0 runs non-stop from Northampton railway station. Everdon Pytchley Hotel West Haddon Long Buckby R Little Brington Primary School White Hart Flore Thornby Red Lion Guilsborough The Green Nether Heyford Hollowell Orchard Close St. Mary s Church East Haddon Bugbrooke Primary School Brackley Road Towcester Bus Stops where there is insufficient space to name them on the map BRIXWORTH WELFORD WELLINGBOROUGH The Avenue St. Andrew s Road Kings Heath Square DAVENTRY R Great Brington Fox & Hounds Kislingbury Old Red Lion Johns Road Bugbrooke South Oval Shops Kingsheath Square Banbury Lane Lockgate Road Millway Sixfields Roundabout Harlestone Manor (Stagecoach route ) High Street/Baker Street Gayton Pigeon Hill Titfield Boughton The Spencer Arms Boughton Chapel Turn Brampton A M Fairmead Rise Towcester Northampton Road from Market Harborough and Leicester Hanging Houghton Manor Road Brixworth Spratton Road Pitsford Pitsford Turn AM Milton Mansor Barn Lane Collingtree Village Humfrey Lane Boughton Northampton Upton West Street/High Street Millway Sixfields Roundabout Harpole Manor Close/Carrs Way Duston Wrenbury Road/Prestbury Road Cotswold Avenue Chiltern Way Lower Harleston Fox & Hounds Harleston Road Glebe Lane Lamport The Swan Whitehills Pub Harborough Road Grose s Garage Roade Churchcroft (London Road) Old Cherry Hill Home Farm Lane Pitsford Boothville Moulton Park NORTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL Grange Park Georges Drive (Saxon Avenue) Cottingham Drive A Arbour Court Burrows Court Great Houghton Bus Shelter M Rushmere Road Rushmere Crescent St. Edmund s Street Wellingborough Road Vernon Walk St. Edmunds Street Ashburnham Road St. Gregorys Church Broughton Red Lion Worlds End Ecton 8 Hackleton A Piddington Horton Gates 8 from Leicester Lake Avenue Bignal Court Boardman Road Lake Avenue Duke of York Wilby Park Earls Barton The Square Yardley Hastings High Street Abington Park Crescent Weston Way Penfold Lane Great Billing Turn Ecton Brook Road Botmead Road Ecton Brook Road McKinley Court Tresham College A Kettering A8 Colsons Way Olney, School Olney The Bull Emberton The Bell & Bear Science Academy Kettering from Bedford and London Hatton Avenue Hatton Park Road Morrisons Oxford Street 09 Next steps. Purchase a bus pass or book individual journeys at northamptonhigh.vectare.co.uk.. You will receive a confirmation and your travel will be booked. If travelling regularly, girls will be issued with a bus pass.. Sit back and relax knowing that your daughter will enjoy safe travel to and from school.. If you have any issues or questions, complete our Contact Us form on the website and someone will get back to you very shortly. Weston The Crown Helmdon Primaray School Brackley Top Station Road (ATS) Brackley Market Place Vectare 08 Produced by School Lane Abthorpe Wappenham The Lane Silverstone Croft Stores A White Hart Pub Grafton Regis Hyundai Garage Lay-by Old Stratford Old Stratford Mounthill Avenue Corn Hill Melbourne Roundabout South HMP Woodhill Wisewood Road AM Alton Gate Garthwaite Crescent Wolverton Bowland Drive Stainton Drive Childs Way Livesey Hill Market Hill Newport Pagnall Willen Granville Square Milton Keynes Central from Bletchley and London Sherington Church Road M 09 Oakgrove Roundabout North Tewksbury Lane Chase Avenue Little Brickhill The George

3 School bus routes Brixworth Welford Milton Keynes Operated by Poynters Coaches Stop AM Brixworth, Spratton Road (ON REQUEST) R R Brixworth, The Ashway (ON REQUEST) R R Pitsford Turn (ON REQUEST) R - Acorn Road, Acorn Close 0:0 :0 South Oval Shops (Kings Heath Square) 0: :0 Pitsford, Home Farm Lane (High Street) - :0 Chapel Brampton, The Spencer Arms 0: : Boughton, Humfrey Lane (The Green) 0:0 :0 Whitehills Pub, Harborough Road 0: : Fairmead Rise (Welford Road / Acre Lane) 0:0 :0 Grose's Garage (Queens Park Parade) 0: : St Andrew's Road, Gordon Street 0: : The Avenue (Harlestone Road / Warren Road) 08:00 : Northampton High School 08:0 : Stop AM Thornby, Red Lion - :00 Hollowell, Orchard Close 0:0 :0 Guilsborough, The Green 0: : West Haddon, opposite Pytchley Hotel 0: :8 East Haddon, St Mary's Church 0: : Little Brington, Primary School (ON REQUEST) R R Great Brington, Fox and Hounds (Post Office) (ON REQUEST) R R Harlestone Road, Glebe Lane 0: :8 Lower Harlestone, Fox and Hounds 0: :09 Cotswold Avenue / Chiltern Way 0:0 :0 Duston, Wrenbury Road / Prestbury Road 0: :0 Harpole, Manor Close / Carrs Way 08:00 :00 Upton, corner of West St and High St 08:0 : Millway, Sixfields Roundabout / A00 - :0 Northampton High School 08:0 : Stop AM Little Brickhill, The George 0:00 :0 Milton Keynes, Tattenhoe Street (V), Bowland Drive 0:8 :8 Milton Keynes, Tattenhoe Street (V), Alton Gate (Garthwaite Crescent) 0:9 : Milton Keynes, Tattenhoe Street (V), HMP Woodhill (Wisewood Road) 0: : Milton Keynes, Fulmer Street (V), Medbourne Roundabout South 0: : Childs Way, Livesey Hill 0: : Milton Keynes, Dansteed Way (H), Corn Hill 0: :0 Milton Keynes, Danstead Way (H), Stainton Drive - : Old Stratford, Mounthill Avenue (Wharf Close) 0: - Old Stratford, Hyundai Garage layby - :0 Grafton Regis, White Hart Pub 0: :00 Roade, Churchcroft (London Road) 0:0 : Grange Park, Georges Drive (Saxon Avenue) - :0 Northampton High School 08:0 : Request stop Local fare Rail station Routes are subject to review and alteration Newport Pagnell Brackley Daventry Stop AM Milton Keynes, Brickhill Street (V0), Chase Avenue 0:0 :0 Milton Keynes, Brickhill Street (V0), Tewkesbury Lane 0: : Milton Keynes, Brickhill Street (V0), Oakgrove Roundabout North - : Milton Keynes, Granville Square, Willen 0:0 :9 Newport Pagnell, Market Hill (Boots) 0: : Sherington, Church Road, The Knoll 0: : Emberton, The Bell and Bear 0:0 :9 Olney, The Bull 0: : Olney, School (Colsons Way) 0:9 :0 Yardley Hastings, High Street (Post Office) 08:0 :0 Great Houghton, Bus Shelter (White Hart) 08: : Northampton High School 08:0 : Operated by Poynters Coaches Stop AM Brackley, Market Place 0:00 : Brackley, Top Station Road (ATS) 0:0 : Helmdon, Primary School 0: :0 Weston, The Crown (car park) 0:0 : Wappenham, The Lane 0:8 :0 Abthorpe, School Lane 0: : Silverstone, Croft Stores 0:9 : Towcester, Brackley Road (opposite Cemetery) 0: : Northampton Road, Towcester - : Tiffield, Pigeon Hill 0: : Gayton, High Street / Baker Street 08:0 :0 Milton Malsor, Barn Lane (Church) 08:0 :0 Collingtree Village, 8 Ash Lane 08: :00 Northampton High School 08: : During periods of inclement weather, this bus follows an alternative route. Check online for full details. Stop AM Ashby St Ledgers, The Olde Coach House Inn 0:00 :00 Daventry Court Hotel (Sedgemoor Way) 0:0 : Daventry, Timken Way (Braunston Road) 0: :8 Staverton, The Green / The Orchard 0:0 : Badby, Main Street / Stoneway 0:9 : Newnham, School Hill 0: :8 Everdon, High Street / The Green - : The Globe Hotel (Weedon Crossroads) 0:8 :0 Flore, White Hart (High Street) 0:0 : Nether Heyford, Watery Lane / Village Green 0: :0 Bugbrooke, Primary School 0:0 :0 Bugbrooke, Johns Road 0: :0 Kislingbury, Old Red Lion 0: :00 Millway, Sixfields Roundabout / A00 08:00 - Banbury Lane, Lockgate Road - :0 Northampton High School 08: :

Timetable continued Fares for school bus routes Bedford Rail Services to Bedford Station - Taxi Shuttle to school Thameslink: 0: from Three Bridges Luton Airport Parkway (0:08), Luton (0:), Leagrave

4 Timetable continued Fares for school bus routes Bedford Rail Services to Bedford Station - Taxi Shuttle to school Thameslink: 0: from Three Bridges Luton Airport Parkway (0:08), Luton (0:), Leagrave (0:), Harlington (0:), Flitwick (0:), Bedford (0:8) East Midlands Trains: 0:0 from London St Pancras Luton (0:), Bedford (0:) Number of journeys per week Price per term Rail Station 9 Wellingborough 8 Kettering Rail Services to Northampton Station - Taxi Shuttle to school West Midlands Trains: 0: from London Euston Watford Junction (0:), Kings Langley (0:9), Apsley (0:0), Hemel Hempstead (0:0), Berkhamsted (0:0), Tring (0:), Cheddington (0:0), Leighton Buzzard (0:), Bletchley (0:), Milton Keynes Central (0:), Wolverton (0:), Northampton (0:) West Midlands Trains: 0: from London Euston Leighton Buzzard (0:), Bletchley (0:0), Milton Keynes Central (0:), Wolverton (0:8), Northampton (08:0) West Midlands Trains: 0: from Birmingham New Street Marston Green (0:0), Birmingham International (0:0), Hampton-in-Arden (0:08), Berkswell (0:), Canley (0:), Coventry (0:), Rugby (0:), Long Buckby (0:), Northampton (0:) Stop AM Burrows Court (Arbour Court) 0:0 : Cottingham Drive 0:08 :0 Old, Cherry Hill 0:8 : Broughton, Red Lion (Church Street) 0: : Kettering, Bignal Court (Lake Avenue) ( Only) - : Kettering, Boardman Road (Lake Avenue) 0: : Kettering, Tresham College (McKinley Court) 0: : Kettering, Science Academy (Oak Road) 0: : Northampton High School 08: : Stop AM Wellingborough, Hatton Park Road / Hatton Avenue 0:0 : Wellingborough, Morrisons (Oxford Street) - : Wellingborough, Wilby Park (Duke of York) 0: :0 Earls Barton, The Square 0:0 : Ecton, Worlds End 0: :0 Ecton Brook Road 0: - Ecton Brook Road (Botmead Road) - : Penfold Lane (Great Billing Turn) 0:8 : Abington Park Crescent / Weston Way 0: :08 Ashburnham Road (St Gregorys Church) 0: :0 Vernon Walk (St Edmunds Street) 08:08 - St Edmund's Street (Wellingborough Road) - :00 Rushmere Road / Rushmere Crescent 08: : Northampton High School 08: : A 0% sibling discount is offered when a parent books more than one daughter onto a bus route, as long as all passengers are booked on in one booking. A 0% discount is applied in the summer term for girls in Years & due to study leave and the public examination period. A 0% discount is applied to journeys to/from stops marked as having a local fare. A single journey is charged at.00 (no discount applied) if booked in advance at northamptonhigh.vectare.co.uk A single homeward journey may be booked by pupils through the School Office on the day of travel. Terms & Conditions of Carriage. This agreement is made between all school bus passengers, their parents and Northampton High School in order to provide safe, comfortable and civilised journeys for all passengers.. Arrangements for pupils journeys to and from school are the responsibility of their parents. To assist with discharging this responsibility, Northampton High School provides a School Bus Service.. Transport on the School Bus Service must be arranged in advance and is paid for through the school account (ParentPay).. Bookings on the School Bus Service are non-refundable 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.. Bookings are to be made online via northamptonhigh.vectare.co.uk.. 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. Regular travellers will be issued with a bus pass, that they must carry at all times whilst travelling on the School Bus Service. This bus pass must be shown on request to a bus driver or member of Northampton High School staff.. 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. 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 Sign up to our school bus service one-off, you should book travel via the online website prior to travel. A charge of.00 per single journey is levied for individual trips. 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. 0. Pupils who travel on the School Bus Service without permission from Northampton High School will have a standard penalty fare added to the school account.. Pupils must travel to and from Northampton High School in full school uniform or a full school tracksuit.. Good conduct is required at all times. Bullying, shouting, use of foul language, dropping litter, playing music, or any other misbehaviour is strictly forbidden.. Except when embarking or disembarking, all passengers must remain seated with their seatbelts fastened correctly.. Whilst on a School Bus, all passengers must accept without question the authority of a member of Northampton High 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.. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disciplinary action, including temporary or permanent withdrawal of permission to use the School Bus Service.. Northampton High School aims for 9% of journeys to operate within the 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. Request stop Local fare Rail station Routes are subject to review and alteration

5 Other routes Stagecoach Stop AM Northampton, Northampton Bus Interchange (bay 8) 0:0 :0 Delapre, Delapre Crescent 0: : Hardingstone, Waitrose for Northampton High School 08:0 : Stop Hardingstone, Waitrose for Northampton High School : Wootton, Battalion Drive : Wootton, Church Hill :8 Wootton Fields, Community & Sports Centre : Wootton Fields, Wickery Dene : Hackleton, War Memorial :9 Horton, Regent Way : Stagecoach Stop Grange Park, Lake 0: :0 Wootton, Church Hill 08:0 :0 Hardingstone, Edwardian Close for Northampton High School 08:0 : Stop AM Moulton Park, Boarden Close 0: : Moulton Park, Nationwide 0: : Moulton Park, Howards Way 0:0 : Boothville, St Gregory s Primary School 0: :0 Northampton Bus Interchange (bay 8) 08:0 : Delapre, Forest Road 08: :9 Hardingstone, Edwardian Close for Northampton High School 08: : Stagecoach X Stop AM Market Harborough, The Square (stand S) 0:0 8:0 Kelmarsh, Hall Lodge 0: : Lamport, The Swan PH 0: : Hanging Houghton, Manor Road 0: : Brixworth, Spratton Road 0: : Pitsford, Pitsford Turn 0: : Boughton, Boughton Turn 0:8 : Northampton Bus Interchange (bay ) 08:0 : Change to / from Stagecoach bus route Northampton Bus Interchange (bay 8) 08:0 : Hardingstone, Edwardian Close for Northampton High School 08: : Other transport Bikes Pupils are welcome to cycle to school, with bike racks located near the Sports Centre. Cars After receiving permission from the Deputy Director of Sixth Form, Sixth Form pupils are welcome to drive to school. Parking is available at the rear of the campus, and is accessed via the main entrance. Permission is granted once pupils have passed their practical driving test and completed the relevant forms. Girls must obey road markings and signs at all times. Taxis The school s recommended taxi supplier is Mayfair Taxis of Northampton. They can be contacted on 00. Timetable, route and fare information is correct as of June 08. This is produced for information. 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. Vectare 08

School Transport and Travel Guide

School Transport and Travel Guide 08-09 Welcome Dear Parent, Thank you for taking the time to look at our School Transport and Travel Guide for the 08-09 academic year. This is our second such guide, and