Travel to school

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Eligible students can get a free travel pass under the School Student Transport Scheme. Apply for a travel pass today.

Travel pass

Private Vehicle Conveyance

Getting the bus

• Always meet your child at school or the bus stop. Never wait on the opposite side of the road and call them across
• Always hold your child's hand up until they're at least 8 years old when walking to and from the bus stop and when crossing the road. Up until at least 10 years old, supervise your child very closely, holding their hand when crossing the road. If you can not be with your child, organise for another trusted adult to accompany them
• Wait until the bus has gone then use a safe place to cross the road
• Encourage your child to take a seat quickly when they get on the bus and to buckle up if the bus has seatbelts

Bus Safety for School Students, has more information on how families can help keep children safe getting on and off the buses.

Moving to an adult seatbelt

Five-step test

The five-step test can help assess whether your child is big enough to use a seatbelt. Answering yes to each step means your child is ready for a seatbelt. The child should be able to:

1. Sit all the way back against the seat back.

2. Bend their knees comfortably over the front edge of the vehicle seat.

3. Sit with the sash belt across their mid-shoulder.

4. Sit with the lap belt across the top of their thigh.

5. Stay seated in this position for the whole trip.

   

This information was taken from NSW Governments Transport website. For more information and ideas go to

Travel to school safely

Child restraint laws

• Children up to the age of 6 months must be secured in an approved rearward facing child car seat

• Children aged from 6 months to 4 years old must be secured in either a rear or forward facing approved child care seat with an inbuilt harness

• Children under 4 years old can't travel in the front seat of a vehicle with 2 or more rows

• Children aged 4-7 years old must be secured in a forward facing approved child care seat with an inbuilt harness or an approved booster seat

• Children aged 4-7 years old can't travel in the front seat of a vehicle with tow or more rows, unless all other back seats are occupied by children younger than 7 years in an approved child seat or booster seat

• Children aged 7-16 years old who are too small to be properly restrained by a seatbelt (see the five-step test) are strongly recommended to use either a forward facing seat with an inbuild harness for older children, an approved booster seat, or an approved child safety harness together with the vehicle's seatbelt

• Children in booster seats must be restrained by a suitable lap and sash-type approved seatbelt that's properly adjusted and fastened, or by a suitable approved child safety harness that's properly adjusted and fastened.