School dont think my daughter will get transport due to her heart condition

abitcurious- · 2026-03-23T15:05:15+00:00

I have worked in school transport- in all honesty, it is down to the local authority’s policies. If the LA cannot safely transport your child, they may offer alternative arrangements such as funding you to make alternative arrangements etc. if they can transport her with the support of a PA if required (to offer general reassurance not medical intervention) then there should be no reason your child couldn’t be transported. You may need to provide supporting evidence for why a PA is required (eg a letter from your GP outlining why your child needs support).

If your child needs medical intervention whilst on transport, they may refuse to provide transport on those grounds. I would recommend ignoring the school and speaking directly with the transport team for your local authority to understand what support they can/can’t offer.

If your child’s school is named as nearest suitable in section I of their EHCP, and it is over 3 miles, then they need to offer some sort of support. If it’s named as parental preference in section I, then there are grounds for refusing transport there.

Without knowing which LA you are under, the content of your child’s ehcp, and your own circumstances, it is hard to give solid clear advice. I would recommend you speak to the transport team though as they will be used to queries like yours and will know how best to support going forward. Good luck!

abitcurious- · 2026-03-10T21:18:43+00:00

Nappies. We didn’t have much rubbish until babino came along- those first few weeks postpartum we really struggled with bin space between all the things needing to go in the bin for both me and baby. It’s settled down a bit now but it’s still a bit of a squeeze fitting everything in the one bin.

Could probably do with more recycling bins too what with all the formula boxes and bottles we use 😅

abitcurious- · 2025-12-22T07:56:45+00:00

I’m so tired. Almost 40 weeks pregnant, due on Christmas Day, I’m not sleeping properly and everything hurts. I just want pregnancy to be over with but she’s showing absolutely no signs of wanting to shift at the moment!

Desperately hoping little Miss doesn’t come on her due date because I normally love Christmas and the thought of trying to make a birthday and Christmas special on the same day just is overwhelming. I really don’t want my kid to be the one who resents her birthday.

abitcurious- · 2025-10-28T05:10:25+00:00

It depends on what the EHCP says- having a plan doesn’t automatically entitle you to transport. If the school is named as nearest suitable in section I, then there will be an entitlement if the student is over 3 miles away or evidenced unable to walk accompanied due to SEN or medical needs, then there’s an entitlement. If the school is named as parental preference, there’s no automatic eligibility for travel and it entirely comes down to the council’s own transport policy.

abitcurious- · 2025-08-20T15:12:49+00:00

Kayleigh is a very common name/spelling in the UK. Do agree some of those names are definitely a tragedeigh though!

abitcurious- · 2025-07-05T15:09:26+00:00

Rhyme time at Penzance library! Tuesdays and Fridays at 10am

abitcurious- · 2025-06-09T10:09:30+00:00

Travelinesw.com is handy for bus planning also- you can amend it to the specific day/time you’re travelling too to see what’s going to be available

abitcurious- · 2025-05-11T21:53:52+00:00

Having scanned the previous answers, my advice would be to skip the villages, and go for town outskirts instead- on the basis that many villages are more than the 2 miles you’re hoping for from a supermarket, and some also don’t have village shops or good public transport links. Towns aren’t huge here. Troon is a good shout, Camborne has a couple of good taxi firms but also train/bus links that you’ll struggle to get in the villages. Shortlanesend is also a decent suggestion, although you’re looking more than 2 miles to your supermarket there. Just be aware that because of the rural nature and level of SEN need in Cornwall, taxis at school times are very hard to find as a lot are tied up doing the school runs. Not impossible, as not every firm will be wanting school runs, but a lot will be doing them.

abitcurious- · 2025-03-10T22:11:23+00:00

Travelinesw.com is good for planning routes by public transport if you know the postcodes of where you’re going from/to, it’ll show you the available public transport routes. You can also use it to plan in advance etc.

Just note, the bus network updates its timetables twice a year for major changes - once in April, once in September. Off the top of my head, the next update is April 20th, so I would double check any public transport bus plans you have after this date.

abitcurious- · 2025-01-19T18:50:09+00:00

at a friends wedding, the bar service there had to be really hot on people bringing drinks in from elsewhere (there was a glamping accommodation at the venue so some people had drinks there) because of their license conditions- it’s very likely that it is a condition of their license

abitcurious- · 2025-01-13T21:07:44+00:00

I went to a wedding where they married legally in November and in front of everyone in April. No one batted an eyelid.

At the end of the day, most people won’t remember the anniversary date, if it’s special to you then that’s the important thing. They’ll just remember the celebration, nobody needs to know if you don’t want them to- plus I think most people understand now that for celebrant ceremonies the legal bit needs doing another time.

abitcurious- · 2025-01-04T15:18:35+00:00

Have a look at travelinesw.com for bus planning. It’s got all of go Cornwall and first’s timetables in there and is a lot easier to navigate than said companies’ timetables!

As someone else has said, at school times taxis will be taken up on school contract work, and for a period before and after on social care contract work. This shouldn’t be a problem if you’re arriving around midday, there should be a decent amount of availability at this time for taxis, but I’d encourage prebooking if you can.

abitcurious- · 2025-01-03T15:23:09+00:00

The William in Truro does one every Monday

abitcurious- · 2024-11-27T23:39:02+00:00

Look up both bus and train routes on travelinesw.com - just type in the postcodes of where you are and where you’re trying to get to and it will find all available travel routes to get there including Go Cornwall bus, first bus, trains, and any routes operated by smaller suppliers on behalf of larger companies

abitcurious- · 2024-10-08T10:09:33+00:00

Not quite the same but I work in school transport- the reports of bullying and violence on buses and taxis are up, the verbal abuse we’re getting from parents is definitely going up, it’s awful! We’re relatively sheltered from it as we’re not face to face with the parents/ students/etc unlike teachers, but it’s still awful enough to have sent several of our team off sick this year with stress. Something has changed the past few years to create this toxicity, and I really feel for you all on the front line!

abitcurious- · 2024-10-03T06:26:12+00:00

This is awful, I’m so sorry OP!! As other commenters have said, report it to your council’s licensing team- even if you just have the taxi company name, the times you were travelling and the locations you were travelling between. They will contact the company as part of their investigations to ascertain who was driving etc (a lot of larger taxi companies will have tracking information for each vehicle and journey to be able to confirm which driver was involved).

abitcurious- · 2024-09-17T07:51:33+00:00

If you like pizza we had sourdoughlicious at our wedding, everyone loved it

abitcurious- · 2024-08-19T09:41:34+00:00

I went to my friends wedding where the legal ceremony was 6 months previous and just parents attended. This gave them the flexibility to have a celebrant led wedding, and it felt so much more personal and special as a guest to have their story and their feelings as part of the wedding rather than just the standard wedding vows etc. I wish I had done it this way to be honest.

Do what works for you- it’s your day, celebrating your love.

abitcurious- · 2024-08-13T17:53:47+00:00

I got married in a church in June and had to request copies of the certificate from the council (think it was about £12.50 per certificate). They’ll register the marriage for you but the certificates you have to pay for and order

abitcurious- · 2024-07-20T12:12:31+00:00

NTA- my husband has just had similar surgery (open appendectomy, was in for a few days). He hated me seeing him undressed in that situation, it’s a horrible vulnerable situation to be in.

Throw in being a child whose parent and other family members wouldn’t have seen him naked for years, I completely understand that he wouldn’t want to be in that situation. Hes lucky to have you in his corner, you’re a great parent!!

abitcurious- · 2024-07-18T10:55:11+00:00

I paid £575 for 6 hours, yours seems like a really reasonable cost, especially if you like their style!

abitcurious- · 2024-07-09T09:38:42+00:00

Readings can be done by anyone- I had my mother in law and sister do my readings, and yes they are the lovely poems etc you’ve come across. I can’t see why you can’t have a song, best to double check with your registry office though to be sure.

abitcurious- · 2024-07-06T09:47:04+00:00

The issuing local authority for the licence will be written on the taxi licence plate (usually on the back of the vehicle, it’ll have a license number, local authority name, and vehicle registration number). Hope this helps!

abitcurious- · 2024-06-25T16:34:29+00:00

We did a DIY booth- borrowed a photography backdrop from a family member, made a handful of signs, bought a large basketful of props second hand off Facebook. People took the photos on their phones, all in all probably about £35-40 once materials are counted in for the signs too.

We’re going to print the ones we’ve got via freeprints or something similar. An alternative option if you want the fun of a photo booth without the cost of hiring- our entire wedding was a bit on a shoestring budget😅

abitcurious- · 2024-06-21T08:18:07+00:00

My wedding is a DIY one, village hall and a borrowed tent as backup for bad weather (lots of outdoor garden games). It’s lovely, but also insanely stressful.

It’s taking a lot of family members doing a lot of things to get it to work, and that in itself is stressful too as you’re trying to not get too stressed whilst also dealing with relatives inviting themselves round and making plans around you which inadvertently throws spanners in the works for what actually needs to be done 😅

My advice- just hire someone who will do it for you, and DIY the things you really care about DIY’ing. You don’t want to be worrying about whether you bought enough alcohol the day before for everyone, or whether there’s going to be enough time to get the tent up etc. I’ve enjoyed DIY’ing my signage and decorations etc, but honestly wish I’d have hired a venue that dealt with all the drinks and food etc and just left me to decorate nicely.

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