Other assistance available for post-16 travel
You can receive assistance with post-16 travel from a number of other sources.
These include:
- travel support from schools and colleges
- Travel York
- the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund
- young parents and Care to Learn
Travel support from schools and colleges
York College and Askham Bryan College provide a transport service for its young people.
Services are available to Fulford, Huntington and Tadcaster Grammar Schools on vehicles contracted by the local authority. Where young people are not eligible for assistance under the authority’s policy they can occupy seats on a concessionary basis if places are available. Details of these services and concessionary fares can be found on the York Pullman website.
Travel York
Information is available on the iTravel website about public transport options including bus routes and timetables also all bus operators’ fares and passes which can be purchased to travel in the City of York area.
The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund
For current eligibility criteria and information about the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, see the GOV.UK 16 to 19 Bursary Fund information: The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund (GOV.UK). Schools and colleges are responsible for managing bursary awards and young people should contact their chosen school or college to apply.
Young parents and Care to Learn
If you're a young parent under 20, Care to Learn can help pay for your childcare and related travel costs, up to £160 per child per week, while you’re learning.
Care to Learn can help with the cost of:
- childcare, including deposit and registration fees
- a childcare ‘taster’ session (up to 5 days)
- keeping your childcare place over the summer holidays
- taking your child to the childcare provider
Types of child care
The childcare provider must be Ofsted registered and can be a:
- childminder
- pre-school playgroup
- day nursery
- out of school club
If your child needs specialist childcare, the provider must also be on the Care Quality Commission’s register for specialist provision.
If you want a relative to get Care to Learn for looking after your child they need to be both:
- providing registered childcare for children they’re not related to
- living apart from you and your child
Payments
Childcare payments go directly to your childcare provider. Before your childcare provider can be paid:
- your childcare provider needs to confirm your child’s attendance
- your school or college needs to confirm that you’re attending your course
Payments for travel costs go to your school or college - they’ll either pay you or arrange travel for you.
Attendance
Payments will stop if:
- you stop attending your course
- you finish your course
- your child stops attending childcare
Eligibility
You can get Care to Learn if:
- you’re a parent under 20 at the start of your course
- you’re the main carer for your child
- you live in England
- you’re either a British citizen or a national of a European Economic Area (EEA) country
- your course is publicly funded (check with your school or college)
- your childcare provider is registered with Ofsted or the Care Quality Commission
Type of course
Care to Learn is only available for courses in England that have some public funding.
This includes courses that take place in:
- schools
- school sixth forms
- sixth form colleges
- other colleges and learning providers, including Foundation Learning
- your community at Children’s Centres