School bus costs ‘ludicrous’

A mother from Stroud, Gloucestershire, who is facing a near-£2,400 school bus bill, has described the cost of transport as ‘ludicrous’.

Louise Tickle, who lives in the village of South Woodchester, has two children at Sir William Romney’s School in Tetbury.

The bus operator is charging almost £1,200 per child for school transport, which is ‘completely unaffordable’, Ms Tickle says.

Gloucestershire County Council says it has ‘no influence’ over the prices, as private companies provide most school transport.