Kirkmuirhill/Blackwood/Auchenheath to Lesmahagow High School – safe walking route assessment outcome
Kirkmuirhill/Blackwood/Auchenheath to Lesmahagow High School – safe walking route assessment outcome
Following the approval to implement the new policy on mainstream secondary school transport(distance eligibility of more than 3 miles) from August 2025, we have now assessed the walking route between Kirkmuirhill, Blackwood and Auchenheath to Lesmahagow High School.
The assessment has determined that the route is unsafe.
This means that current pupils and new pupils who live in the Kirkmuirhill, Blackwood or Auchenheath areas will continue to be eligible to receive school transport.
Walking route assessments are ongoing for other areas and further information will be provided to parents in due course.
August Newsletter
Statutory Consultation Outcome Report
Statutory consultation outcome report
The council has produced their outcome report following the statutory consultation on the proposal to:
alter the qualifying distance for free secondary school mainstream transport to those living over 3 miles from their catchment secondary school. (current entitlement is more than 2 miles).
The report will be available to view by the close of business on Friday 24 May 2024. Secondary school transport – consultation – South Lanarkshire Council.
The next step is that the consultation outcome report will be submitted to the council’s Executive Committee for decision on 26 June 2024.
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