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 we have produced it in order to provide a holistic picture of the different ways that girls can access Northampton High School. New for the 08 academic year is our interactive journey planning website for our school bus service, northamptonhigh.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. Also new for 08-09 academic year, is our Northampton route. This route is designed to reduce journey times for those living in the Northampton area, and for those living on other routes where we have been able to make the journey times more comparable to the car. This now means we offer dedicated school bus routes, which we hope meet your needs. 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 and Wellingborough, among others. Next steps. Purchase a bus pass or book individual journeys at northamptonhigh.vectare.co.uk.. You will receive a confirmation email and your travel will be booked. If travelling regularly, girls will be issued with a bus pass. This booklet contains information about 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, or email nhsadmin@nhs.gdst.net, and we will be pleased to assist. I would like to wish your daughter a pleasant and successful academic year. Kind regards, Anne Headley Director of Finance and Operations. 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. 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 South Oval Shops Acorn Road Acorn Close Burrows Court Tonmead Road Dallington The Avenue Edgemont Road Burtram Close Billing Road East Landcross Drive St Edmund s Street Abington Square (bus stop A ) Kettering Road Racecourse Pavilion Hazledene Road Raeburn Road Northampton Queens Park Pararde Balmoral Road Vectare 08 www.vectare.co.uk A0 School Hill Newham Everdon A08 A08 Other Bus and Rail Routes Symbols Weston The Crown Helmdon Primaray School Brackley Top Station Road (ATS) Brackley Market Place Stagecoach Bus Route Stagecoach Bus Route Railway lines 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. LOCAL ROUTE 8 8 Pytchley Hotel West Haddon Long Buckby HIGH SCHOOL A A00 School Lane Abthorpe Wappenham The Lane White Hart Flore Thornby Red Lion Guilsborough The Green Nether Heyford Silverstone Croft Stores Hollowell Orchard Close St. Mary s Church East Haddon LITTLE BRINGTON Harlestone Manor (Stagecoach route ) Kislingbury Old Red Lion Johns Road Bugbrooke Bugbrooke Primary School High Street/ Baker Street Gayton Brackley Road Towcester A Bus Stops where there is insufficient space to name them on the map WELFORD BRIXWORTH WELLINGBOROUGH 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 Pigeon Hill Titfield Spratton The Spencer Arms Chapel Brampton A Towcester Northampton Road A M from Market Harborough and Leicester Hanging Houghton Manor Road School Road Spratton Road Pytchley Way Northampton Milton Mansor Barn Lane Blisworth Royal Oak Lamport The Swan Pitsford Pitsford Turn Holcot Road AM Medical Centre East Hunsbury Rushmere Road Rushmere Crescent Abington Park Crescent Weston Way Park Avenue North Ashburnham Road Moulton Cottingham Drive Humfrey Lane Ashton House Turn Roade Churchcroft (London Road) White Hart Pub Grafton Regis Grange Park Georges Drive (Saxon Avenue) Hyundai Garage Lay-by Old Stratford Old Stratford Mounthill Avenue (AM ) Moulton Park HIGH SCHOOL A Old Cherry Hill A Boothville Great Houghton Bus Shelter M A Corn Hill Melbourne Roundabout South HMP Woodhill Wisewood Road Alton Gate Garthwaite Crescent Broughton Red Lion Worlds End Ecton Hackleton Penfold Lane Great Billing Turn Ecton Brook Road Botmead Road Ecton Brook Road (AM ) AM A Piddington Wolverton Bowland Drive from Leicester Yardley Hastings High Street Stainton Drive Lake Avenue Bignal Court Childs Way Livesey Hill Boardman Road Lake Avenue Duke of York Wilby Park Earls Barton The Square Colsons Way Olney, School Emberton The Bell & Bear Market Hill Newport Pagnall Willen Granville Square Milton Keynes Central from Bletchley and London DAVENTRY Banbury Lane Lockgate Road Millway Sixfields Roundabout (AM ) McKinley Court Tresham College Windmill Ave. Kettering A Kettering A8 Olney The Bull Sherington Church Road M from Bedford and London Hatton Avenue Hatton Park Road Morrisons Oxford Street A09 Oakgrove Roundabout North Olney Dartmouth Road (Queen Hotel) Tewksbury Lane Chase Avenue Little Brickhill The George Burton Seagrave Warkton Lane Burton Latimer Wagon & Horses A09
Welford Milton Keynes School bus routes Stop AM, Holcot Road / Tantree Way 0: :, Pytchley Way / Pytchley Close 0:8 : Spratton, School Road 0: : Chapel Brampton, The Spencer Arms 0: :, Ashton House (Vyse Road) 0: :, Humfrey Lane (The Green) 0:8 :0 Moulton, Cottingham Drive 0: : Park Avenue North, Ashburnham Road 0: :0 Abington Park Crescent, Weston Way 08:00 :00 Rushmere Road, Rushmere Crescent 08:0 : Northampton High School 08: : 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 R R 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 Milton Keynes, Tattenhoe Street (V), Bowland Drive 0: :8 Milton Keynes, Tattenhoe Street (V), Alton Gate (Garthwaite Crescent) 0: : Milton Keynes, Tattenhoe Street (V), HMP Woodhill (Wisewood Road) 0: : Milton Keynes, Fulmer Street (V), Medbourne Roundabout South 0: : Childs Way, Livesey Hill 0:0 : Milton Keynes, Dansteed Way (H), Stainton Drive - :0 Milton Keynes, Dansteed Way (H), Corn Hill 0: : Old Stratford, Mounthill Avenue (Wharf Close) (AM ) 0: - Old Stratford, Hyundai Garage layby - :0 Grafton Regis, White Hart Pub 0:0 :00 Roade, Churchcroft (London Road) 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 Bedford 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, Dartmouth Road (The Queen Hotel) 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 : Stop AM Brackley, Market Place 0:00 : Brackley, Top Station Road (ATS) 0:0 :0 Helmdon, Primary School 0: :00 Weston, The Crown (car park) 0:0 : Wappenham, The Lane 0:8 :0 Abthorpe, School Lane 0: : Silverstone, Junction of Church Street and West End 0: : Silverstone, Croft Stores 0:9 :0 Towcester, Brackley Road (opposite Cemetery) 0: :0 Northampton Road, Towcester - : Tiffield, Pigeon Hill 0: : Gayton, High Street / Baker Street 08:0 : Blisworth, Royal Oak 08:0 :0 Milton Malsor, Barn Lane (Church) 08:09 :0 East Hunsbury, Medical Centre (Rowtree Road) 08: : Northampton High School 08:0 : 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, The Five Bells 0:0 :0 Bugbrooke, Johns Road 0: :0 Kislingbury, Old Red Lion 0: :00 Millway, Sixfields Roundabout / A00 (AM ) 08:00 - Banbury Lane, Lockgate Road - :0 Northampton High School 08: : Rail Services to Bedford Station - Taxi Shuttle to school Thameslink: 0: from Three Bridges Harpenden (0:0), 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:)
8 Kettering 9 Wellingborough Timetable continued Stop AM Old, Cherry Hill 0:0 : Broughton, Red Lion (Church Street) 0:0 : Kettering, Bignal Court (Lake Avenue) - :8 Kettering, Boardman Road (Lake Avenue) 0: : Kettering, Tresham College (McKinley Court) 0:8 : Kettering, Windmill Avenue (Windmill Supplies) 0: :8 Barton Road, Acorn Close (lay-by) 0:8 :0 Burton Latimer, Wagon and Horses (Maybury Motors) 0:0 : Northampton High School 08: : Stop AM Wellingborough, Hatton Park Road / Hatton Avenue 0: : Wellingborough, Morrisons (Oxford Street) - :0 Wellingborough, Wilby Park (Duke of York) 0: : Wellingborough, A Priory Pub Car Park 0:0 :0 Earls Barton, The Sqaure 0: : Ecton Brook Road, Worlds End P.H 0:0 :0 A00, Ecton Brook Road 0: : Penfold Lane (Great Billing Turn) 0:8 : Northampton High School 08: : Fares for school bus routes Number of journeys per week Price per term 0 08 8 9 9 0 0 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 Sign up to our school bus service Northampton 0 Rail Station Rail Services to Northampton Station - Taxi Shuttle to school West Midlands Trains: 0: from London Euston Harrow & Wealdstone (0:), 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 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:) West Midlands Trains: 0: from London Euston Leighton Buzzard (0:), Bletchley (0:0), Milton Keynes Central (0:), Wolverton (0:8), Northampton (08:0) Stop AM Acorn Road, Acorn Close (off St Crispin Drive) 0:0 :0 Dallington, The Avenue 0: : South Oval Shops (Kings Heath Square) 0: : Queens Park Parade, Balmoral Road 0: : Hazeldene Road, Raeburn Road 0:0 :0 Kettering Road, Racecourse Pavilion (Hood Street) 0: : Abington Square, Bus Stop A (Guy Salmon Jaguar) 0:0 :0 St Edmund's Street 0:0 : Billing Road East, Landcross Drive (Wisteria Way) 08:00 :0 Edgemont Road, Burtram Close 08:0 :00 Burrows Court (Tonmead Road / Arbour Court) 08:08 : Northampton High School 08:0 :. 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 one-off, you should book travel via the 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 necessarily 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
Other routes Stagecoach Stop AM Northampton, Northampton Bus Interchange (bay 8) 0:9 :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 Piddington, adj Salcey Rise : Stagecoach Stop AM 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: :, Spratton Road 0: : Pitsford, Pitsford Turn 0: :, 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 September 08. This guide 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 www.vectare.co.uk