Sugar Valley Coachlines provides a range of school bus services to the following government and non government schools either directly or with connections to other operators:

If you live within our area and attend a school not listed, please call us, as we can arrange transport to any school in the Newcastle area.

For all information on student eligibility for subsidised travel and how to apply, please select the following link to the Ministry of Transport School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) web site.

www.transport.nsw.gov.au/concess_grants/ssts.html

Guidelines of School Free Travel
The School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) is administered by the NSW Department of Transport. Sugar Valley issues bus passes to school children on behalf of the Ministry of Transport in accordance with Government guidelines. Students will be automatically issued with a new pass at the beginning of each year, and are not required to reapply, unless they change address, change school, are moving from Year 2 to Year 3(or from Year 6 to Year 7 if attending the same school), or the government changes the eligibility criteria.

Eligibility Criteria
All infant students (Kindergarten, Year 1 or Year 2) are eligible for free travel irrespective of the distance from home to school.

Primary or High school students are eligible for free travel if the distance from home to school is greater than 1.6 kilometres (Primary) or 2 kilometres (High) by radial distance.
If the student is ineligible by radial distance, applications can be made directly to the Department of Transport on walking distance, safety or health/medical grounds (evidence must be supplied).

How to apply for a Free Travel bus pass
The application form must be obtained from your school, filled out and returned to your school for verification. The school will then forward the application to our office, and once processed will be returned to the school for collection. If you are not eligible for free travel a letter will be forwarded directly to your home address.

Code of Conduct
All students traveling on free travel bus passes must adhere to the Code of Conduct, a copy of which is issued with your application

Offensive behaviour
Like: offensive language, spitting, throwing objects inside the bus, eating on the bus, distracting the driver with unreasonable noise, or failing to show a bus pass.
May lead to: The loss of free school travel privileges for up to ten school days.

Dangerous behaviour
Like: allowing any part of the student's body to protrude from the bus, or causing discomfort and distress to other passengers.
May lead to: The loss of free school travel privileges for up to ten school weeks.

Very dangerous behaviour
Like: throwing objects from the bus, fighting, or damaging or destroying bus property.
May lead to: The loss of free school travel privileges for up to ten school weeks, and may also lead to civil court action or police prosecution.

For further information please phone: 02 4958 2057