I've been emailed today but the school asking if I have heard back from the taxi company regarding a taxi for my 16, nearly 17 year old. I have not. Due to being 16, we are not eligible for a free taxi but instead we need to pay £1400 a year, which we do not have.
To start off with, I would take her and pick her up but then I would spend 4 hours a day on the school run, I have 3 kids altogether, therefore wasn't working much and not getting paid enough and anything I was paid went on to pay for petrol. My work is 1 hour from her school. Staff luckily said they would pick her up and drop her off which they have done for many months but this means she is missing out on education, approximately 2/3 a day, which isn't fair for her.
They emailed saying they will no longer be able to continue this from September and that I would have to do this, but I am unable to. We have asked in the past if she could get the bus but for safeguarding reasons they said no. But I'm going argue this because she is going to be learning to drive soon so why can't she get this bus if she is able to drive a car. She could possibly be able to drive to school but that's months away. I'm not sure what to do. The last option is using her PIP money to pay for this but that means all she getting is so she can get to school, to have an education. It's so sad to hear. She will do anything to get to school, even if this means getting a job and paying for it that way. (Last time she had a job, her first one, she absolutely hated it and her mental health was rubbish) This is how much she wants to stay at school.
If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to let me know. She's absolutely devastated.
