School Transport & Travel Guide 2026 / 2027
Welcome
Five Star Service
Dear Parents / Guardians, Welcome to our School Transport and Travel Guide for the 2026 / 2027 academic year. All bookings for our school bus service must now be made via our online booking system, which can be accessed at rhsbath.vectare.co.uk. The website allows you to book travel 24/7 from anywhere in the world, until midnight the day before the bus is due to depart. I would advise that you check your daughter’s closest bus stop online at rhsbath.vectare.co.uk. All of our bus routes are operated inhouse, using our own fleet of minibuses. All drivers are DBS checked and regular drivers are allocated where possible, to the same route every day. This allows both you and your daughter to get to know the driver on your route. All vehicles used on our bus routes have seat belts fitted to every seat and are maintained to a high standard.
Our school bus service offers direct services from South Bath, Bishop Sutton, Bristol East, Malmesbury, Sutton Benger, Frome and Chippenham.
All of our vehicles are modern and are operated by the school or our approved operators. This means that they are all regularly maintained to the highest standard and gives you peace of mind that your daughter is travelling in safety.
I very much hope that you are able to find a travel solution that works for your family. If you need any further assistance planning your daughter’s journey to school, or you would like to discuss travel options from areas not currently served by our school bus network, please contact us via the school transport website and we will be pleased to assist.
We use dedicated drivers who work on the same route every day, where possible. These drivers get to know the pupils and are subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check and full MiDAS / CPC training.
I would like to wish your daughter a safe, pleasant and successful academic year.
We offer a wide range of different tickets on our school bus service. From ad-hoc journey through to return passes for the entire academic year, you are able to book either all mornings, all afternoons or ad-hoc. You can book tickets at any time throughout the year, so it is simple to book an extra journey or arrange travel for a visiting friend.
Kind regards, Ellen Wilson Director of Finance & Operations
This year we are offering 7 different routes that cover a large area surrounding the school. We want to offer you a travel solution that works for you and your daughter, so if you need any assistance working out the best route to school then please do get in touch.
It takes less than 30 seconds to find your nearest bus stop online, and booking takes only a few minutes, so all of the information you need to arrange travel for your daughter really is at your fingertips! To find your nearest stop or to book your daughter’s travel, visit rhsbath.vectare.co.uk.
Route Map
Sherston
DIDMARTON
Easton Square (AM Only)
Waitrose
Superstore Carpark
Sherston
Sherston
High Street (AM Only)
PETTY FRANCE
A429
Angel House (PM Only)
Luckington
LUCKINGTON
A46
SHERSTON
ZONE C
Primary School
LITTLE SODBURY
GREAT SOMERFORD
YATE BRADLEY STOKE
ZONE C
HULLAVINGTON
Acton Turville
Tormarton
M4
The Major Retreat
STOKE GIFFORD
Limes Farm
Sutton Benger DRAYCOT CERNE
Wick Wick Close EMERSONS GREEN PUCKLECHURCH
trains from Bristol Temple Meads
The Griffin
United Reformed Church
BRISTOL
Corsham
Newlands Road Co-Op
High Bannerdown
Cherry Garden Road
Batheaston
Court Gardens
The White Heart
Bitton Village
Kelston
ZONE B
Dickens Avenue
Batheaston
Bristol
The Crown
Bath Spa
4
3
2
3 2
1
Stambridge (PM Boots Pharmacy)
Hospital
Pickwick
Bath Road
Cherry Garden Lane
Batheaston
Chippenham
Sainsbury's
Colerne
NEW ZEALAND
Chippenham Station
Chippenham
Silver Street / Fosseway Close
A46
(PM The Cherry Tree)
Keynsham
Colerne
FOXHAM
trains from Swindon
Chippenham SLAUGHTERFORD
Manor Farm Drive
Morrisons
A420
MARSHFIELD
Sutton Benger
Chippenham
Old Crown Inn
LYNEHAM
Mermaid Court
Kington Langley
Middle Common
CASTLE COMBE
ZONE B
Christian Malford
Heath Avenue
LEIGH DELAMERE
Willy Wicket
FILTON
4 3
Linden Gardens Crown Road
Box
A350
Post Office
Penn Hill Road Chandler Close
1
3
St Johns
Coombe Park
Windsor Villas
Lyncombe Hill / Rossiter Road
Batheaston
(PM Widcombe High Street)
Westwoods
ZONE A MELKSHAM
A36
Viaduct Hotel
Haycombe Cemetery
Bishop Sutton
Village Hall
Devonshire Buildings
Post Office
BISHOP SUTTON
The Hollow
A39
River Bridge
Winsley
Combe Hay Lane
CLUTTON
A36
Bradford on Avon Moulton Drive
HILPERTON
Bradford on Avon
The Beehive
Temple Cloud
Mendip Gardens
Cross Keys
Batheaston
Bath
Forester Road
1
2
Pulteney Gardens
2
Bathford
3
Manvers Street
3
Eastbourne Villas
4
St Stephen’s
1 1
Town Bridge
Turleigh Turn
Hadley Arms
Mulberry Park Entrance
BOWERHILL
Bradford on Avon
Limpley Stoke
Bewdley Road
Bear Flat (Stop A)
Avoncliff Christchurch
Bishop Sutton
2
Bath Leat
ZONE B
Marksbury Church
(AM Only - Train Station Link)
Morris Lane The Crown
Trowbridge Station
Trinity Church
Chowell Farm CAMELEY
Midsomer Norton / Bishop Sutton
PAULTON
Rode
High Street Memorial Bus Stop
NORTH BRADLEY
Southwick
South Bath
Westbury
St Thomas' Church
ZONE C
Chippenham Sutton Benger
Beckington
Frome Road
A37
Frome
Beckington
A350
Stubbs Lane
WESTBURY DILTON MARSH
Frome
Grange Road COLEFORD
Frome
EGFORD FROME
Frome Station
Bristol East Malmesbury
HAWKERIDGE
A39
Batheaston
1
Upper Bristol Road
ZONE A CHEW MAGNA
1
2
Weston Road
A36
ZONE C
National Rail Lines / Station Bus stop
Westwoods
Route Map Bishop Sutton
Bristol East
Zone
Stop
AM
PM
Zone
Stop
AM
PM
C
Temple Cloud, Chowell Farm
07:05
17:19
C
Willy Wicket, Wick Wick Close
07:30
16:50
C
Bishop Sutton, Village Hall
07:15
17:04
B
The Griffin
07:45
16:35
17:03
B
United Reformed Church (PM: The Cherry Tree)
07:48
16:31
Cherry Garden Lane
07:49
16:30
C
Bishop Sutton, Post Office
07:16
B
Marksbury Church
07:30
16:49
B
A
Haycombe Cemetery, The Hollow
07:48
16:38
B
Bristol, Cherry Garden Road
07:50
16:29
A
Combe Lay Lane (PM Only)
-
16:35
B
The White Hart, Bitton Village
07:55
16:24
A
Mendip Gardens
07:50
16:34
B
Kelston, The Crown
08:00
16:19
A
Devonshire Buildings
07:55
16:29
A
Penn Hill Road, Chandler Close
08:05
16:10
16:27
A
Crown Road (PM Only)
-
16:09
16:05
A
Linden Gardens, Weston Road
08:10
16:08
-
RHS Bath
08:20
16:05
A
Bear Flat A
-
RHS Bath
08:00 08:25
South Bath Zone
Stop
AM
PM
A
Cross Keys
07:41
16:31
A
Mulberry Park Entrance
07:44
16:28
A
Hadley Arms
07:45
16:27
A
Bewdley Road
07:48
16:25
Sutton Benger Zone
Stop
AM
PM
C
Christian Malford, Mermaid Court
07:10
17:10
C
Sutton Benger, Manor Farm Drive (AM Only)
07:15
-
Sutton Benger, Heath Avenue (PM Only)
-
17:05
A
Lyncombe Hill/Rossiter Road (PM at Widcombe High Street)
07:50
16:21
C
A
Bath Leat (PM Only)
07:55
-
B
Kington Langley
07:20
17:00
16:16
B
Middle Common
07:21
16:58
Chippenham, Morrisons
07:26
16:52 16:45
A
Windsor Villas, Upper Bristol Road
07:57
A
St Johns, Coombe Park
08:05
16:13
B
A
Linden Gardens, Weston Road
08:10
16:08
B
Old Crown Inn, A420
07:30
-
RHS Bath
08:20
16:05
B
Colerne, Silver street / Fosseway Close
07:34
16:33
A
Colerne, Bath Road (PM Only)
-
16:30
A
Batheaston, High Bannerdown (PM Only)
-
16:29
A
Batheaston, Court Gardens
07:40
16:25
A
Bathford, The Crown
07:50
16:24
A
Batheaston, Stambridge (PM Boots Pharmacy)
07:55
16:22
A
Batheaston, Morris Lane
07:54
16:20
A
Eastbourne Villas
08:08
16:14
A
St Stephen’s
08:10
16:12
-
RHS Bath
08:20
16:05
Malmesbury Zone
Stop
AM
PM
C
Waitrose Superstore Carpark
07:15
17:05
B
Sherston, Angel House (PM Only)
-
16:50
B
Sherston, Easton Square (AM Only)
07:32
-
B
Sherston, High Street (AM Only)
07:34
-
B
Luckington, Primary School
07:37
16:45
B
Acton Turville, Limes Farm
07:44
16:40
B
Tormarton , The Major Retreat
07:50
16:35
-
RHS Bath
08:15
16:05
Frome Zone
Stop
AM
PM
C
Frome, Station
06:51
17:25
C
Frome, Grange Road
06:56
17:17
C
Beckington, Stubbs Lane (PM Only)
-
17:11
C
Beckington, Frome Road
07:01
17:10
C
Rode, High Street, Memorial Bus Stop (PM Only)
-
17:05
B
Southwick, St Thomas' Church
07:08
16:58
B
Trowbridge Station, Trinity Church
07:14
16:55
B
Bradford on Avon, The Beehive (PM Only)
-
16:50
B
Moulton Drive (AM Only)
07:19
-
B
Bradford on Avon, Town Bridge
07:22
16:45
B
Christchurch
07:25
16:39
B
Winsley, Turleigh Turn
07:29
16:35 16:30
B
Limpley Stoke, River Bridge
07:33
A
A36, Viaduct Hotel (AM Only)
07:35
-
A
Bath, Forester Road
07:52
16:14
A
Pulteney Gardens (AM Only)
07:55
-
A
Manvers Street (AM Only - Train station link)
08:01
-
-
RHS Bath
08:25
16:05
Stop
AM
PM
B
Chippenham, Station
07:27
16:53
B
Chippenham, Hospital
07:33
16:46
B
Chippenham, Sainsbury's
07:36
16:40
B
Corsham, Newlands Road Co-Op
07:44
16:36
B
Pickwick, Dickens Avenue
07:47
16:33
Chippenham Zone
B
Box, Post Office
07:54
16:27
A
Batheaston, Westwoods
08:03
16:20
-
RHS Bath
08:20
16:05
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Fares
Terms & Conditions Price per journey
Ad-hoc
One Way (AM/PM Only)
£5.20
£4.45
£4.15
Zone B
£7.35
£6.65
£6.10
£7.90
£7.30
This agreement is made between all school bus passengers, their parents and Royal High School Bath in order to provide safe, comfortable and civilised journeys for all passengers.
16. Pupils should be at the bus stop 5 minutes before the scheduled time of departure, to ensure they do not miss the service.
2.
Royal High School minibus services are operated by school employees and can be severely affected, with unplanned staff absences.
3.
Royal High School reserves the right to cancel / amend services at short notice, to provide a safe workable minibus operation.
17. Good conduct is required at all times. Tampering with any part of the minibus or its equipment is forbidden. Boisterous or inappropriate behaviour towards others on the vehicle or the public will not be tolerated, any attempt to distract the driver from driving, will not be tolerated and will lead to instant suspension from Transport Services
4.
Arrangements for pupils’ journeys to and from school are the responsibility of their parents. To assist with discharging this responsibility, Royal High School Bath provides a School Bus Service. Parents are responsible for their daughter at all times including both prior and after boarding and alighting.
5.
Musical instruments, sports kit and other property are individual girl’s responsibility. The school cannot accept liability for their loss or damage. The school has the right not to carry equipment deemed too large for safe storage. Pupils should take care on every journey to make sure they do not leave any property on the bus.
Full Return
Zone A
Zone C
1.
£6.60
Please note that AM only, PM only and return travel passes are paid on a termly basis via the booking website. 6.
Pupils may board or alight from the vehicle only at the designated stopping places and in an orderly way. They must never approach a moving vehicle. They must not attempt to join or leave the vehicle when, for example, it is brought to a halt at other places by traffic conditions.
7.
Transport on the School Bus Service must be arranged in advance and is paid through the booking website. Should a pupil, on occasion, wish to bring a friend home, the host parent must book a Single trip journey, on behalf of the student. Bookings are to be made online via rhsbath.vectare.co.uk.
8.
Morning bookings made on the morning of travel, will not be accepted. Bookings must be made the evening before travel.
9.
Bookings entered by the driver using the ‘add passenger’ facility will be charged to parent.
10. Bookings on the School Bus Service are non-refundable in the event of a pupil failing to travel. Regular travel for ten or fewer journeys per week must be booked for a full academic term, except for ad-hoc journeys which can be booked up to the point of departure. 11. Each pupil for whom an online form has been submitted will be added to a bus list detailing the service they travel on, their bus stop and what travel has been paid for. Their name will appear on a list, which will be checked by the driver. 12. It will be the parent’s responsibility to inform the School via the Contact Us form on the website if they no longer wish for their child to use the School Bus Service. One full term’s notice must be given by a parent prior to the removal of a pupil from the School Bus Service (apart from an ad-hoc journey). 13. If you wish for your child to use the School Bus Service on an ad hoc basis, or to vary the details of their bus travel as a one-off, you should book travel via the website prior to travel. 14. Pre booked travel is the correct procedure. Arriving at a bus when it has a fully booked service, will require you to make other travel arrangements. 15. Pupils must travel to and from Royal High School Bath in full school uniform or a full school tracksuit (except on approved non-uniform days).
18. All pupils are reminded that food should not be eaten on vehicles. Products containing peanuts can cause severe reactions. Any student caught eating food will be dealt with accordingly. 19. Three-point adjustable seat belts are fitted to vehicles, the wearing of seatbelts is a legal requirement. Except when embarking or disembarking, all passengers must remain seated with their seat belts fastened correctly. Standing or moving in the aisle is strictly prohibited. 20. Whilst on a School Bus, all passengers must accept, without question, the authority of a Royal High School Bath member of staff or bus monitor who may ask them to obey any reasonable instruction such as to pick up litter, desist from certain actions or to move to a different seat. Pupils are expected to comply with all reasonable requests from the driver relating to their own Health & Safety e.g., if the driver requires noise levels to be reduced, windows to be closed etc. then that authority rests solely with the driver and is absolute. 21. Community responsibility. Our drivers will always have students’ safety as their priority, but should an incident occur that demands their immediate attention, we would ask all students to work together to remain calm and support each other. 22. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disciplinary action, including temporary or permanent withdrawal of permission to use the School Bus Service. 23. Royal High School Bath aims for 95% of journeys to operate within the transport industry window of tolerance of one minute early to five minutes late, however timings may vary due to traffic conditions or unforeseen circumstances. Drivers will not wait past the scheduled departure time. 24. Parents should notify the School Reception prior to travelling on any service, if their daughter has any specific needs which our drivers should be made aware of ie. Anaphylaxis, Travel Sickness, Mobility issues etc. If there is an update to your daughter’s medical condition part way through an academic year, please do let reception know if the drivers should be informed.
Royal High School, Lansdown Road, Bath BA1 5SZ Tel: 01225 313877 - Email: royalhigh@rhsb.gdst.net - Web: www.royalhighbath.gdst.net The Girls’ Day School Trust Registered Charity No. 306983 Registered Office 10 Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DH - www.gdst.net Produced by Vectare for Royal High School Bath © Vectare 2026 This guide is produced for information only. This is a closed service and is only available to pupils/students (and any authorised persons) who have been approved by the school and added to the route. It is not open to the general public. We cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions or for any loss or damages caused, howsoever arising and including consequential losses, as a result of the use of this Guide. Please note that routes are subject to change.