McColl's Group - Local Bus Services and Private Coach Hire in West Scotland

School Bus Services

We provide school buses on behalf of a variety of local councils from Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire and Argyll & Bute. On request from local councils, we can provide our buses equipped with Seatbelts, CCTV & bus attendants.

Safety, Security and reliability are keys factors to our operations. Our buses undergo daily defect checks as required by statute & detailed safety inspections by our in house Workshop every 3 weeks well within VOSA & Department of Transport standards.

All pupils are issued with school bus passes to ensure only authorised passengers travel helping us to create a more secure environment. We also have Supervisors at Schools dealing from a variety of responsibilities including pupil behaviour & driver/attendant meet company standards.

All of our staff undergoes CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) checks via Disclosure Scotland to ensure they are suitable to work with children or vulnerable people. Fore more information, visit: www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.

Free Home to School transport is provided by local authorities and qualifiy children must meet the criteria set by the Government. At present, local authorities (LAs) are required to follow the minimum legal requirment for children if they:

• are between 5 and 16 years old
• are attending their nearest suitable school
• live further away from the school than the *statutory walking distances (2 miles for pupils under 8, and 3 miles for those aged 8 plus)

*Some LAs walking distances are further than the statutory above, check with your local authorities website for more information.

Children also qualify for free transport - no matter what distance they live from the school - if they are unable to walk for any of the following reasons:

• they have SEN
• they have a disability or mobility problems
• there is no safe walking route

Safe walking routes are those which usually include road crossings, good lighting and well maintained pavements and footpaths. LAs are required to assess the suitability of walking routes. 

More information about this can be found at the Direct Gov website by clicking here (external link).

For more information about our school bus services, call: 01389 754 321 or e-mail: customer.services@mccolls.org.uk