Transport

If your child may be eligible for free school transport, East Sussex County Council will contact you directly with the next steps.

Please click here to find out more about Free school transport

Please select the following link to find out about Special educational needs and disability (SEND): school and college transport.

For more information from the DfE about Free School Transport, including who is eligible to how it works, please click here to see the DFE Education Hub blog.

Key timeline for parents and carers:
  • Early July
    Parents/carers who are eligible for funded transport will receive an email inviting them to register for the 2026-27 academic year. You will be asked to upload a photo of your child so that a travel pass can be issued.
  • August onwards
    Families eligible under Low Income Funding will begin to receive their registration emails.
  • August
    Once registration is complete, travel passes will be issued and sent to your home address.
Important

If you believe your child may be eligible for free transport but you have not received an email by early July, you should contact East Sussex County Council to check your entitlement.

Useful contacts

School transport eligibility (Admissions and Transport Team)
Tel: 0300 330 9472
Email: admissions@eastsussex.gov.uk

Transport arrangements and timetables (Mainstream Transport Team)
Tel: 01273 335088
Email: mainstream-transport.cts@eastsussex.gov.uk

Complaints or feedback
Tel: 01273 335577
Email: compliance.cts@eastsussex.gov.uk

Travel Saver Schemes

In addition to free school transport (where eligible), East Sussex County Council offers a free 3i-D Card for young people aged 11–19 who live, work or study in East Sussex. The 3i-D Card:

  • acts as an ID card
  • provides discounted bus travel
  • gives access to a range of local offers and discounts
Additional information
Parking

Parents and carers are not permitted to drive onto the Hailsham Academy sites.

Please be considerate if you are parking a vehicle in the residential streets around Hailsham Academy Secondary and Primary school sites. Please ensure that you do not park across residents’ driveways, in private car parks, on grass verges or block their access to their property as this can inevitably cause significant congestion on and around our neighbouring residential streets. In addition to this, please remember to turn your engines off while waiting. Leaving your engines running creates substantial noise for our neighbours and a large amount of pollution in an area that is heavily populated by children.

Many thanks for your continued support.

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