Travel and Transport

Travel Arrangements

We are conscious that you are currently considering your child's transport arrangements. It is the parents and carers responsibility to ensure that, if they accept a place at STAGS, their child can arrive at school on time and travel to and from school safely. Parents and carers should bear in mind that transport routes do change.

At STAGS we are committed to ensuring that everyone travelling to school can do so as safely as possible. We also encourage all those travelling to school to use modes of transport which are environmentally friendly and to be aware of the needs of those living in the immediate vicinity of the school (unfortunately additional cars cause substantial traffic issues in all the local roads at the start and end of every school day!). In order to achieve these aims we ask you to consider the following ideas:-

• If you live within 20 minutes walking distance of school, please encourage and allow your child to walk to school
• If your child has passed their Bikeability test and cycling is feasible, please encourage them to cycle to school. We have a safe storage facility for the bicycles of all students who cycle to school
• If you need to drive your child to school, consider ‘car sharing’ with other families
• If there is a convenient bus service, please encourage your child to use it. Information on public transport serving the school can be obtained from www.hertfordshire.gov.uk or www.intalink.org.uk (Tel: 0300 123 4050)

Home Run

HomeRun is the sustainable School Travel App that works with schools and councils to promote the reduction of our carbon footprint through limiting school run traffic and therefore creating cleaner local air quality and providing greener schools for the future. As part of STAGS' sustainability drive, we are supporting the use of the HomeRun App and encourage all parents/carers to take a look at the benefits on offer:

• Access school travel information in one convenient place
• Find and arrange carpools, travel buddies, walking & cycling groups, and other available travel options to and from school
• Message parents from school securely and without the need to share contact details
• Receive updates from your school community
• Help create safer streets and cleaner air for your children

For more information on HomeRun visit their website HomeRun App

Buses (this information is correct as at March 2026 but may be subject to change)

The school does not organise any buses for students, but there are a variety of private and public bus services buses, organised by parents/Herts County Council, available from the following areas:-

Greenwood Bus Services (dedicated school bus/private bus service)
Two Buses serve:

• Service 1 - Borehamwood, Shenley, Radlett, Fromore, Park Street
• Service 2 - Bricket Wood, How Wood, Chiswell Green, Verulam Estate

Buses stop at a number of dedicated points which are set out on an exact timetable which will be sent with your pass. Prices are dependent on route and are subject to change. Please contact Ann Ralph for details. Tel: 07905 201228, email: Greenwoodbusservice@gmail.com

E446 - Hertfordshire County Council Bus Service

Bus serves Kimpton, Blackmore End, Wheathampstead, St. Albans Girls' School.

Parents and carers of students who are entitled to free school transport can apply for this through Admissions and Transport at Hertfordshire County Council. This should be done as soon as possible. Spare seats on a vehicle are allocated last and HCC do not process these until the new school year has started and they have ensured that all entitled children are dealt with. Parents should contact HCC directly once the academic year has started if they wish to pay for a spare seat on the E446.

Please contact Herts County Council Admissions and Transport for more details: Tel: 0300 123 4040 email: school.ticketing@hertfordshire.gov.uk. This bus service is operated for Herts County Council by AAA Transport Services.

Public Buses

84 Sullivan Buses serves Potters Bar, South Mimms, London Colney, St Albans City Centre and St Albans Girls’ School (the bus comes on site in the morning and at the end of the school day).

The timetable is available on their website here. They do not offer return tickets on journeys to schools, and encourage students to have a valid Herts SaverCard (details https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/Schools-and-education/Travel-to-school/Savercard/savercard.aspx) in order to benefit from the reduced rate single fares shown below:

• Potters Bar £2.30, South Mimms £2.20, Salisbury Hall £1.90, London Colney £1.60, St Albans City Station £1.30

• St Albans BUSnet Inner (from just south of Colney Fields to the school) – One Week Young Person is £10.00
• St Albans BUSnet Outer (From South Mimms White Hart to the school) – One Week Young Person is £13.50 All of these tickets are purchased from the driver on the bus (they do not offer e-tickets or M tickets). For more information please visit their website at https://www.sullivanbuses.com

300, 301
Buses serve Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Fleetville (Hatfield Road), St Albans City Station, St Albans City Centre and St Albans City Hospital

305 
Buses serve Brookmans Park, Welham Green, Colney Heath, Smallford, Fleetville, St Albans City Station, St Albans City Centre, Green Lane

321
Buses serve Luton, Harpenden, St Albans and Watford (stops on Harpenden Road/Sandridgebury Lane)

653
Buses serve Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Jersey Farm, Marshalswick, New Greens

For further information please contact: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/school-admissions/home-to-school-transport          or www.intalink.org.uk

Arriva Buses: www.intalink.org.uk or 0344 8004411

Hertfordshire SaverCards

Child fares are only available to under-11s, unless in possession of a valid SaverCard issued by Hertfordshire County Council. Details of these are available at www.intalink.org.uk . The card should be placed on the reader on top of the bus ticket machine in order to obtain the child fare. This applies to all 11-18 year olds, otherwise adult fares are charged. (As an alternative, a Transport for London Child Oyster photocard may be used to obtain the child discount but only up to age 16 and only for journeys starting or finishing within the Greater London area).