Using the bus or coach

Although the majority of pupils at Sawston Village College either walk or cycle to the College, more than 400 pupils arrive on site each day by bus or coach.

We currently have five designated school buses, supplied by a range of providers. These are the SW01, SW02, SW03, SW04, and the 7A, which is a public service running from Fowlmere to Trumpington that stops on our College site twice a day

Transport for Pupils Entitled to Free Transport

The SW01 to SW04 and the 7A are for pupils who are entitled to free transport to the College by the Education Transport team at Cambridgeshire County Council .

The eligibility criteria for Secondary aged pupils (11-16) is as follows:-

  • live within the boundaries of Cambridgeshire Local Authority; and
  • be registered at their nearest suitable school*; and
  • that school is more than 3 miles from their home, by the shortest available walking route.

With the nearest suitable school being:-

  • their nearest school; or
  • their catchment school (if this is different from their nearest school); or
  • the next nearest school, as designated by the Council, in cases where an application has been made and refused at both the catchment and nearest schools.

If you wish to check whether your child is entitled to free transport, please contact Education Transport directly or follow the link below:

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/children-and-families/schools-learning/school-transport/pre-16-school-transport

The Paying Bus Service

The College currently supplies paying transport to some pupils who do not qualify for free school transport. This is for pupils who live in Foxton, Fowlmere, Harston, Hauxton and Thriplow. The cost of this service is reviewed on a termly basis and is calculated by sharing the cost of the hiring of the service with the families using it. If you wish to apply for a place on a paying bus service, contact Assistant Principal, Alan Sutton, directly at asutton@sawstonvc.org.

The contract for this service is negotiated yearly with our providers. We try to accommodate all the pupils who have expressed an interest in the service but unfortunately we are unable to guarantee a place for all pupils on this service as it has a limited capacity depending on the size of vehicle we are able to procure. Places will be offered at the start of a new school year in a stage manner, as follows:-

  • Existing users 
  • Siblings of existing users
  • New users

The Citi 7 Public Bus

Stagecoach also runs the

Citi 7 public bus service, which runs throughout the day from the city centre to Sawston every 20 minutes. There are two Citi 7 services, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, that are designated on a route that comes into our school bus bays to drop off and pick up. This has stops in Trumpington, Stapleford and Great Shelford. If you wish to view the timetable for this bus, then please visit the Stagecoach website at https://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables.

It is also possible to catch the Citi 7 public bus service from the bus stops throughout Sawston.