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As you are aware the Council agreed to carry out a consultation to review its current Home to School Transport provision for children and young people in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The proposal sets out a new Home to School Transport Policy, which maintains certain discretionary transport provision and provide mainstream English, Welsh and Faith primary school, secondary school and college transport in line with relevant statutory distance criteria. Any new policy would be implemented from the start of the 2025/2026 academic year.
The consultation originally ran from 27th November 2023 until 5pm 8th January 2024. The Council recognises the significance of the proposal for pupils who use and will use home to school transport now or in the future, and the extended consultation provides a further opportunity for those potentially impacted to take part in the consultation. The Council has therefore taken the decision to extend the consultation for a further three week period running from Thursday 18th January 2024 until 5pm Thursday 8th February 2024. The details of the proposal and the opportunity to respond to the consultation can be found at: Consultation on the Council's Home to School Transport Policy | Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (rctcbc.gov.uk) There is no need for anyone who has previously taken part in this consultation to submit a further response unless they wish to do so. Kind Regards Stephen Williams Director for Highways, Streetcare and Transportation Services It has come to the attention of the Local Authority that there are significant safeguarding concerns in respect of the Omegle.com website/app due to its harmful sexual content and access to personal data including locations. Children, young people and their parents/carers are advised to delete this app.
If a child/young person has been a victim of online harm/exploitation then they should report this to 101 and where required appropriate safeguarding referrals should be made. If it is believed a child is at immediate risk then emergency services should be contacted by ringing 999. Further information on the risks associated with this website can be found at the following links: https://oursaferschools.co.uk/2022/09/30/dangerous-chat-rooms-alert/ https://saferinternet.org.uk/blog/what-is-omegle-key-things-parents-and-carers-need-to-know There are a limited number of extra spaces available on the Year 2 and under Summer Fun trip- we will be selling each place for £7 tomorrow morning on a first come, first served basis from 8.35am onwards on the Foundation Phase yard. These additional spaces will not be sold at the doors of any of the classes or at the office. Please note, these tickets are for children under the age of 3 only or an additional adult to accompany you on the trip. There will be a limit of 1 extra place on the trip per family until spaces run out.
The link below is for the trip information and consent form if you are still left to complete it. Thank you. |
