Transport Arrangements

In addition to the public 409 bus service running past our school from both Rochdale and Oldham bus station, our school has a number of dedicated buses which allow students to access our school from all areas of the Rochdale Borough. These can be seen in the Bus Timetables below. These dedicated services operate on school days only, and do not run during school holidays or on days when students are not required to attend.

In order to access these bus routes to school, Parents/Carers should ensure that students have the relevant travel ticket or bus pass. Details regarding the available tickets and passes for young people can be found at https://tfgm.com/tickets-and-passes/discounted-and-free-travel/young-people

Additional information and resources can be found on the TfGM Travelling to School Page.

Bus Timetables

School Bus Services For St Cuthberts High School

Full details on which school services will be provided for St. Cuthbert’s can be found here. Parents should make sure to verify both the routes and timings that their child will be taking ahead of September.

Igo Cards

All children aged 11-16 must have an igo card to travel using any child ticket or pass on buses in Greater Manchester. This acts as proof of age and without it, children could be charged an adult fare. You can find further information, along with an application form at https://tfgm.com/tickets-and-passes/discounted-and-free-travel/young-people/igo.

School bus passes

A school-funded bus pass is available for any student who is attending St Cuthbert’s RC High School and lives over 3 miles away from the school. For this, please see the bottom of this page. Please complete this and send into school with an attached passport photo.

If a student is eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) and lives over 3 miles away from St Cuthbert’s High School as their nearest faith school, they can apply for this bus pass via the school travel expenses page of the local authority website http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/schools-and-education/Pages/school-college-travel-expenses.aspx#Schooltravel. To speed up this process, parents/carers should ensure that they provide a copy of their child’s FSM entitlement within this application.

Bus pass applications can take between 6-8 weeks to process.  Any applications received closer to the school year than 6-8 weeks may not be processed until after the start of the next academic year . In this case, parents/carers will have to provide the cost of travel until the school bus pass is received by school.

All school bus passes applications will need to have a passport photo enclosed. This must be an original photo and not a copy.

Please note that if a replacement bus pass is required, this will incur an additional charge to parents. Applications forms for a replacement bus pass can be obtained from the school.

Transport Documents

Bus Pass Application Form