Prompted by a post I have read where the child leaves before 7am and gets home after 5

The semi-official line on this is a 90 minute journey for a child of Secondary age.

Hi Sally-Anne.. Surely it's official or it's not?? . And really I was just interested in peoples opinion, I will quite happily say I think anything more than 45 minutes is too much..

I'd agree with you Stroudy Dad but add 'if the journey involves rolling out of bed onto a bus that goes directly to school/walking' etc etc. If the journey is more complex, involving changes of transport mode etc then I would say less than that, as this would involve multiple opportunities to be let down by the means of transport rather than just one. In London, I would also want alternative routes for when the buses/trains/tubes are on strike or when the traffic is gridlocked.

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mad?

Round trip or one-way? Sounds like far too long to me. The shorter the better is my view. Ask any commuter how much they enjoy their daily journeys.

Note the words:

"as a general guide",
"these should be regarded as the maximum", and
"the maximum distances will depend on a range of circumstances".

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... idance.pdf

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Etienne

Memo to me: Stay on Bucks today; do not attempt to apply limited brain cells to anything else.

Basically, if they cannot cycle it without stopping for a rest break, then it's too far. That's my rules...and I'm sticking to it.

As a commuter and someone who has commuted with a small child. If the journey is a long seated journey with no changes, it is almost therapeutic. Lots of changes are stressful esp when changes are between transport modes and involve roads where you need to be alert.
I read somewhere commuters on familiar routes will fall into a state os hypnosis i.e. they relax so much they dont know where they are at a given moment in time but will get off and change instinctively.
You have to balance what additional advantages the child will get at a further school to the negatives additional stress and recouperation time required. Make the journey yourself. I decided against it.