Travel Guidelines

Parents are requested to arrange all travel requirements initially through their houseparents.

Weekend Exeats

Services available for weekend exeats are to Bath Spa Station, departing from the School lay-by at 1.00pm and 4.30pm on Saturday and collection from the same station at approx. 8.00pm on Sunday evening.

Timing is determined according to the arrival of the train departing Paddington at around 6.00pm. All transport is booked dependent on numbers by noon on Thursday of each week. If no requests have been received then all station transport will be cancelled at that point.

The fare is £9.00 each way.

Bath Spa transport will not be available the first and last weekend of each half term period.
If Bath is required, pupils are able to share the total cost of a taxi to and from the station. The fare is not subsidised.

Boarders should inform Houseparents of their travel requirements by Wednesday evening if possible. Houseparents will organise all administration including ticket requests in conjunction with the Travel Office. All parents or guardians are required to confirm the exeat with Houseparents.

End of Half Term and End of Term Transport
(except the end of the summer term and beginning of the autumn term)

Coach to Countess Services (Amesbury, Wiltshire), Fleet Services (Fleet, Hampshire) and Old Deer Park (Richmond, Surrey).

The fare each way is £21.00, £22.00 and £23.00 respectively.

Coach to Bristol Temple Meads Station (not Bath) The fare is £9.00 each way.

Coach, Minibus or taxis to airports according to demand. Fares are according to amount of travellers.

Three weeks prior to the end of a half term or end of term the Travel Office issues a book of request forms to each House indicating a deadline date of one week prior to travel (ie. the penultimate Thursday in a half/end of term).

Those wishing to use the Travel Office for transfers to airports, station or the coach services to Richmond and intermediate stops, or any return transport after the school holidays, must ensure their requests are given to their Houseparent by the Wednesday evening prior to the deadline date. The majority of pupils are able to inform their houseparents of their travel requests, however in some instances clarification might be needed from parents.

When all Boarding House requests are received, the Travel Office then process and return all tickets, transport lists and schedules to the House by Tuesday evening of the last week of the half/end of term. All transport is then finalised no later than Thursday at noon.

Most pupils depart on allocated transport on the Friday evening or other such time as arranged. Transport can be arranged for the Saturday morning if the need arises but this will usually be taxis.

If you have any enquiries please contact Jane Dykes on 01458 444351 or email janedykes@millfieldschool.com