Overview
Depending on your circumstances, you can get help meeting the cost of your child travelling to school.
If you live in Knowsley, your child may be entitled to a free school bus pass if
- They attend their nearest school and the statutory walking distance from your home to the school is two miles for children under eight, and three miles for children eight and over.
- The route your child walks to the nearest Knowsley school is unsafe. This will be assessed by Knowsley Council.
Low income families
You have low income and your child is entitled to Targeted free school meals, or the family is in receipt of a qualifying benefit which can be found at the beginning of the application process.
- aged 5 to 11 and their school is at least 2 miles away
- aged 11 to 16 and their school is 2 to 6 miles away - as long as there are not 3 or more suitable schools nearer to home.
Please note if you receive Expanded free school meals you do not have an automatic entitlement to a free school bus pass. You may be contacted to provide evidence of which free school meal entitlement that you receive if our systems cannot identify this. Please use the forename and surname that were used when you applied for your child's school place. If your child's name has since been formally changed and you have notified both the Education Department and their school, our records will have been updated, and you should apply using their current name.