Transport to School

Administration and the purchase of school bus passes is undertaken by Stephensons of Essex who have successfully serviced Great Baddow High School for a number of years.

Bus fees can be paid in advance yearly (by card payment) or by direct debit over eight months, September to April.

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Tickets are sold online via their website Here

Code of Conduct

Stephensons want the journey to and from Great Baddow High School to be as safe and possible and a code of conduct has been produced for your information.

View the Stephensons Code of conduct on their website here.

Bus Seating Arrangements

To help coordinate the students when travelling on school buses, a seating arrangement has been put in place and students will be asked to sit in the appropriate area, with their year group, at all times.

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• Year 7s top deck
• Year 8s bottom deck

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• Year 9s bottom deck front
• Year 10s top deck front
• Year 11 top deck back
• Sixth Form bottom deck back

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• Year 7s bottom deck front
• Year 8s bottom deck back
• Year 9 top deck front
• Year 10 top deck second from front
• Year 11 top deck third from front
• Sixth Form top deck back

Public Transport

A number of buses arrive in the vicinity of Great Baddow High School.

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To help make journey planning and travelling around the county easier, Essex County Council have launched a local journey-planning app, TravelEssex, to help residents to navigate public transport and plan routes by foot, bike, bus, train and DigiGo.

Free to download, the app can help you plan your journey, with detailed journey times and departure times, as well as live updates, all in one place.

For further information visit www.travelessex.co.uk.

Please note this is for public transport only and does not include details regarding the school bus scheme.

Information from Essex County Council

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First Bus Group Student Travel Scheme

The school has joined the First Bus Group ‘Student Travel Scheme’. The scheme enables students to take advantage of discounted student travel. We have been advised by First that the tickets are now available to purchase via their Student Travel Club (STC) website. A dedicated web page www.firstgroup.com/STC has been set up which will provide details of how a parent can register to the Great Baddow High School STC. The webpage also provides information on how to download the First Bus App and create an mTicket account.
You will need your child’s school email address: @gbhs.co.uk for the verification process. Once purchased, the tickets will be delivered directly to your child’s mobile phone.

Scholar Discount Scheme

Greater Anglia provide a ‘Scholar Discount Scheme’ for students purchasing train tickets to travel to school.

Great Baddow High School has now been added to the list of approved schools so that parents can take advantage of this.

Tickets need to be purchased from the Greater Anglia website and they send them by post.

Click here to access the Scholar Scheme Discount Scheme information.