Your one-stop shop for travelling to school
For parents and students, here are some handy tips and different travel options to help you get to and from school on time.
A full list of travel options for every school, including fare information and the services operating to it, is available via the drop down list below.
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Active travel - Walk or cycle to school (especially for shorter distances). This will help free up space for students who live further away to travel by public transport.
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Bus - Check below on the high frequency bus services which travel on the main roads to and from a school.
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Tram - All services will run to a 12-minute frequency (except the Altrincham to Bury and East Didsbury to Shaw and Crompton which will operate every six minutes at peak time). Check details here.
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Rail - Check your service is running to schedule.
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Back-up plan - Make sure you have one! If bus, tram or train services are delayed, is there an alternative route to school? It might be quicker to walk to school or to board another service.
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Better Than That Campaign - Find out more about the next phase of our youth-facing antisocial behaviour campaign, which supports ongoing efforts by the TravelSafe Partnership, to help all passengers feel safe whilst travelling on public transport.
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Dropping off at school or college by car? - Park up a few streets away so your child can walk the last leg into school. It'll be quicker and safer for everyone. And if you're waiting, please switch off your engine to reduce air pollution.

Using the bus
It’s a good idea to check which bus is best to catch before your journey. Show your pass to the driver, and where necessary pay your fare, try to have the correct change if possible.

Tickets and passes
Whether it's an igo card, Our Pass, Scholar's Permit, Free School Pass or the Care Leavers travel offer, see what you need to get you to school or college.
- Bolton Muslim Girls' School
- Bolton School
- Bolton St Catherine's Academy
- Canon Slade
- Eden Boys' School Bolton
- Essa Academy
- Harper Green School
- Kearsley Academy
- Ladybridge High School
- Little Lever High School
- Mount St Joseph
- Rivington & Blackrod High School and Sixth Form
- St James's Church of England High School
- St Joseph's RC High School
- Sharples High School
- Smithills School
- Thornleigh Salesian College
- Turton School
- University Collegiate School
- Westhoughton High School
- Bury CE High School
- Bury College
- Bury Grammar School
- The Derby High School
- Elton High School
- Hazel Wood High
- The Heys School
- Parrenthorn High School
- Philips High School
- St Gabriel's RC High School
- St Monica's Roman Catholic High School
- Tottington High School
- Unsworth Academy
- Woodhey High School
- Yesoiday Hatorah Boys and Girls Academy
- Abraham Moss Community School
- Barlow RC High School
- Burnage Academy for Boys
- Cedar Mount Academy
- Chorlton High School
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue
- Co-op Academy Manchester
- Co-op Academy North Manchester
- Dean Trust Ardwick
- Didsbury High School
- Dixons Newall Green Academy
- East Manchester Academy
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy
- Eden Girls' Leadership Academy
- King David High School
- Levenshulme High School
- Loreto College
- Loreto High School
- The Manchester Grammar School
- Manchester High School for Girls
- Our Lady's RC High School
- Parrs Wood High School
- St Bede's College
- St Matthew's RC High School
- St Paul's Catholic High School
- St Peter's RC High School
- Trinity
- Whalley Range
- William Hulme
- Withington Girls' School
- Wright Robinson Sports College
- Xaverian College
- The Blue Coat CofE School
- Co-op Academy Failsworth
- Crompton House School
- The Hathershaw College
- Newman RC College
- North Chadderton School
- Oasis Academy Leesbrook
- Oasis Academy Oldham
- The Oldham Academy North
- Oldham Hulme Grammar School
- The Radclyffe School
- Royton and Crompton E-ACT Academy
- Saddleworth School
- Waterhead Academy
- Westwood High
- The Albion Academy
- AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK
- All Hallows RC High School
- Beis Yaakov High School
- Bnos Yisroel School
- Bridgewater School
- Buile Hill Academy
- City Skills
- Co-op Academy Swinton
- Co-op Academy Walkden
- Eccles Sixth Form College
- Ellesmere Park High School
- FutureSkills at MediaCityUK
- Irlam and Cadishead Academy
- The Lowry Academy
- Moorside High School
- Oasis Academy MediaCityUK
- Pendleton Sixth Form College
- Salford City Academy
- Salford City College
- St Ambrose Barlow RC High School
- St Patrick's RC High School and Arts College
- Worsley College
- Aquinas College
- Bramhall High School
- Cheadle Catholic Infant and Junior Schools
- The Cheadle College
- Cheadle Hulme High School
- Cheadle Hulme School
- Harrytown School
- Hazel Grove High School
- Hulme Hall Grammar School
- Kingsway School
- Laurus Cheadle Hulme
- Marple Hall School
- Marple Sixth Form College
- Poynton High School
- Priestnall School
- Reddish Vale High School
- St James' RC High School
- Stockport Academy
- Stockport Grammar School
- Stockport School
- Werneth High School
- Alder Community High School
- All Saints Catholic College
- Ashton Sixth Form College
- Audenshaw School
- Clarendon Sixth Form College
- Copley Academy
- Denton Community College
- Droylsden Academy
- Fairfield High School for Girls
- Great Academy Ashton
- Hyde High School
- Laurus Ryecroft
- Longdendale High School
- Mossley Hollins High School
- Rayner Stephens
- Samuel Laycock School
- St Damian's RC Science College
- St Thomas More RC College
- Tameside College
- West Hill School
- Altrincham College
- Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
- Altrincham Grammar School for Girls
- Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
- Flixton Girls School
- Loreto Grammar School
- Saint Ambrose College
- Sale Grammar School
- Sale High School
- St Antony’s Roman Catholic College
- St Ambrose College
- Stretford Grammar
- Urmston Grammar
- Wellacre Academy
- Wellington School
- Bedford High School
- Byrchall High School
- Cansfield High School
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge
- Hawkley Hall High School
- Lowton Church of England High School
- Outwood Academy Hindley (Hindley High School)
- Shevington High School
- St Edmund Arrowsmith
- St John Fisher Catholic High School
- St John Rigby College
- St Mary’s Catholic High School
- St Peter’s Catholic High School
- Standish Community High School
- The Westleigh School
- Winstanley College
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Find out more about InPost Parcel Lockers
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Find things to do this summer
Next Stop: Summer
Use our generator to find destinations and days out that you can get to by tram this summer.
-
Find out more and apply
Join our Disability Advisory Group
People with disabilities in Greater Manchester can now apply to join the award-winning group.
-
Find out more about Local Link
Book a trip with Local Link
The reliable minibus service that takes you door to door from £1.
-
Find out more about your yellow buses
Say yellow to your buses
Your Bee Network is arriving from September. But you'll see yellow buses from April.
-
Visit the planned improvement works page
Planned engineering works on Metrolink
There are planned improvement works on Metrolink across selected lines and stops in 2023. You can visit our dedicated webpage to find out how the works affect your journeys around Greater Manchester.
-
Find out more about InPost Parcel Lockers
InPost Parcel Lockers now available
Dropping your online returns and sending parcels couldn’t be simpler whilst you’re on the move