St Thomas More Catholic School

About:

The school bus service is managed by and paid for by Nexus. Various bus operators then bid for the contracts. The bus
operators may therefore change between years or terms. The Nexus website is kept up to date with information
regarding which operator is running each service.

Tickets and Passes:

A single fare for students with an Under 16 POP card it is 60p. A Child All-Day Ticket with an
Under 16 POP card is £1.10.

If students are travelling via public transport in Tyne and Wear every day, you can apply to Nexus for a School Pass. This
means you will pay in advance for travel to / from school.

Students may qualify for help with travel costs from the Local Authority. For further information please contact the
Local Authority directly on 0191 433 4848.

For further information on fares, Under 16 POP cards, and School Passes please contact Nexus directly online
(nexus.org.uk) or via phone on 0191 20 20 747.

Lost Property:

If a student leaves anything on the bus, parents should contact the operator directly. The Nexus website contains a full
list of operators and their contact details.

Times & Routes:

839 Service (Morning)

7.30am – Whickham Broadway (Sunniside Rd, Whaggs Lane, Oakfield Rd)

7.35am – Fellside Rd (Fellside Parkway, Fellside Rd, Whickham Bank)

7.50am – Swalwell (Hexham Rd, Shibdon Rd, Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View)

8.05am – St Thomas More School (Front of School)

840 Service (Morning)

7.35am – Lobley Hill, Malvern Gardens (Moorfoot Gardens, Cotswold Gardens, Malvern Gardens, Chiltern Gardens, Lobley Hill Rd, turn at Kingsway roundabout)

7.43am – Waggon Team (Beechwood Gdns, Rowanwood Gardens, Rothbury Gardens, Alwinton Gardens)

7.50am – Cragside Gardens (Rothbury Gardens, Lobley Hill Rd, Whickham Highway, Front Street)

8.05am – Bridle Path (Whickham Bank, Swalwell Bank, Hexham Rd)

8.10am – Swalwell (Shibdon Rd, Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View, Back Lane)

8.20am – St Thomas More School (Front of School)

841 Service (Morning)

7.30am – Crookgate Bank (Hobson)

7.32am – Pickering Nook (Syke Rd, Leazes Church)

7.37am – Burnopfield, (Front Street, Crookgate, Byermoor, Marley Hill)

7.45am – Sunniside Co-Op, (Sunniside Rd, Hole Lane, Kingsway)

7.49am – Gladeley Way, (Sunniside Rd, Whaggs Lane, Rectory Lane, Front Street)

7.59am – Bridle Path, (Whickham Bank, Swalwell Bank, Hexham Rd)

8.05am – Swalwell Rugby Club, (Shibdon Rd, Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View Back Lane)

8.15am – St Thomas More School (Back of School)

842 Service (Morning)

7.50am – Emmanuel College (Whickham Highway, Knightside Gardens, Maple Avenue, Cypress Crescent, Wilson Street, Ellison Rd)

8.02am – Dunston Dun Cow (Ravensworth Rd, Wellington Rd)

8.10am – Dunston Cross Keys (Dunston Rd, Park Terrace, Market Lane)

8.20am – Swalwell (Hexham Rd, Shibdon Rd, Blaydon Roundabout, Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View, Back Lane)

8.30am – St Thomas More School (Back of School)

843 Service (Morning)

7.45am – Chowdene (Saltwell Rd South, Saltwell Rd)

7.55am – Rawling Rd (Field House Rd, Saltwell View, Rectory Rd, Bensham Rd, Victoria Rd, Angus Rd)

8.05am – Bolam Street (Slip Rd, Consett Route (A184), Western By-Pass, (A1), Derwenthaugh Rd, Chainbridge Rd, Blaydon Roundabout, Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View, Back Lane)

8.20am – St Thomas More School (Back of School)

844 Service (Morning)

7.30am – Gold Medal Roundabout Hertford Stop (Hertford, slip Rd, Durham Rd)

7.38am – Low Fell New Cannon Inn (Durham Rd)

7.41am – Shipcote (Prince Consort Rd)

7.42am – Shipley Art Gallery (Whitehall Rd, Coatsworth Rd, Bensham Rd, Cuthbert St, Tyne Rd E)

7.52am – Clasper Village Tyne View School (Rose Street, Yetholm Rd)

7.55am – Teams Johnson Street (Derwentwater Rd, Clockmill Rd, Colliery Rd, St Omers Rd)

8.00am – Handy Drive (Riversideway)

8.05am – Chainbridge Rd (Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View, Back Lane)

8.15am – St Thomas More School (Back of School)

845 Service (Morning)

7.40am – Hamsterley Mill (Lintzford Rd)

7.45am – Lintzford (Dipwood Rd, Station Rd)

7.50am – Rowlands Gill (Lockhaugh Rd, Spa Well Rd, Noel Avenue)

7.56am – Winlaton Mill (Holly Ave, Mill Lane, Thornley Lane, Scotland Head, Church St, North St)

8.05am – St Thomas More School (Front of School)

854 Service (Morning)

7.45am – Blackhall Mill, Mill Race (River View, Chopwell Rd, Mill Rd, Derwent Street)

7.49am – Chopwell Bus Stand (Hall Rd, Ramsay Rd, Clayton Terrace Rd, Glossop Street)

7.55am – High Spen Bute Arms (Hookergate Lane, Smailes Lane, Strathmore Rd)

8.02am – Rowlands Gill War Memorial (Station Rd, Lockhaugh Rd)

8.10am – Lockhaugh (Thornley Rd, Scotland Head, Church St, North St, Back Lane)

8.20am – St Thomas More School (Front of School)

861 Service (Morning)

8.05am – Crawcrook Fox & Hounds (Main Rd, Barmoor, Main Rd)

8.10am – Ryton School

8.13am – Ryton Hotel (Stella Rd)

8.30am – Stella (Blaydon Bank, Wylam View, Heddon View)

8.20am – St Thomas More School (Front of School)

891 Service (Morning)

7.40am – High Spen Bus Stand (Rogues Lane, Spen Lane, Lead Rd)

7.44am – Rockwood Hill Estate (Rockwood Hill Rd)

7.48am – Greenside Pack Horse (Lead Rd)

7.51am – Folly (Folly Lane, Woodside Lane (B6315))

7.53am – Woodside (Ryton-Crawcrook By-Pass (A695), Greenside Rd, Main Rd)

8.05am – Clara Valle

8.10am – Crawcrook fox & Hounds

8.14am – Ryton School

8.18am – Ryton Hotel

8.22am – Stella Road, Stella

8.30am – St Thomas More School (Front of School)

835 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Front of School (Blaydon Bank, Mount Pleasant, Winlaton Bus Station, Sandhill, Church Street, Scotland Head, Mill Lane, Mundle Avenue, May Avenue, Noel Avenue)

3.55pm – Winlaton Mill (Spa Well Rd, Lockhaugh Rd, Station Rd)

4.05pm – Rowlands Gill (Strathmore Rd, Smailes Lane)

839 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Front of School (Blaydon Bank, Shibdon Rd, Hexham Rd)

3.55pm – Swalwell (Swalwell Bank, Whickham Bank, Fellside Rd)

4.01pm – Fellside Parkway (Fellside Rd, Oakfield Rd, Whaggs Lane, Sunniside Rd, Broadway)

840 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Front of School (Blaydon Bank, Shibdon Rd, Hexham Rd, Swalwell Bank, Whickham Bank, Front St)

4.00pm – Bridle Path (Whickham Highway)

4.07pm – Malvern Gardens (Moorfoot Gardens, Cotswold Gardens, Malvern Gardens, Chiltern Gardens, Lobley Hill Rd, Beechwood Gardens, Rowanwood Gardens, Rothbury Gardens, Alwinton Gardens)

4.15pm – Cragside Gardens (Rothbury Gardens, Lobley Hill Roundabout, Lobley Hill Rd) TERMINATE AT STOP BEYOND VICTORIA ROAD JUNCTION

841 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Back of School (Blaydon Bank, Shibdon Rd, Hexham Rd)

3.55pm – Swalwell Rugby Club (Swalwell Bank, Whickham Bank, Front Street)

4.00pm – Bridle Path (Rectory Lane, Whaggs Lane, Sunniside Rd, Broadway, Burnthouse Lane, Kingsway)

4.10pm – Gladely Way (Kingsway, Sunniside Rd, Sun Street)

4.14pm – Sunniside Co-op (Church Street, Marley Hill, Byermoor, Crookgate)

4.24pm – Burnopfield (Front Street)

4.30pm – Leazes Church (Syke Rd, Pickering Nook, Hobson)

842 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Back of School (Blaydon Bank, Shibdon Rd, Hexham Rd)

3.53pm – Swalwell (Market Lane, Park Terrace, Dunston Rd, Wellington Rd)

4.00pm – Dunston Cross Keys (Ravensworth Rd)

4.02pm – Dunston Dun Cow (Ellison Rd, Wilson St, Maple Ave, Knightside Gdns, Whickham Highway)

843 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Back of School (Blaydon Bank, Blaydon Roundabout, Chain Bridge Rd, Derwenthaugh Rd, Riverside Way, Handy Drive, Clockmill Rd, Derwentwater Rd)

4.05pm – Bolam Street (Angus Rd, Victoria Rd, Bensham Rd, Saltwell Rd)

4.10pm – Whitehall Rd (Rectory Rd, Saltwell View, Field House Rd)

4.15pm – Rawling Rd (Saltwell Rd, Saltwell Rd South)

4.22pm – Porcupine Park (Hertford)

4.25pm – Allerdene Trafford (Slip Rd, Durham Rd)

4.28pm – Joly Miller (Durham Rd)

844 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Back of School (Blaydon Bank, Chain Bridge Rd, Derwenthaugh Rd, Riverside Way, Handy Drive, Clockmill Rd, Derwentwater Rd)

4.00pm – Johnson Street (Yetholm Rd, Rose Street, Tyne Rd East)

4.03pm – Clasper Village(Cuthbert St, Bensham Rd, Coatsworth Rd, Prince Consort Rd)

4.14pm – Shipley Art Gallery (Durham Rd)

4.17pm – Low Fell New Cannon Inn

845 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Front of School (Blaydon Bank, Mount Pleasant, Winlaton Bus Station, Sandhill, Church St, Scotland Head, Mill Lane, Mundle Ave, May Ave, Noel Ave)

3.55pm – Winlaton Mill (Spa Well Rd, Lockhaugh Rd, Station Rd)

4.00pm – Rowlands Gill (Dipwood Rd, Lintzford Rd)

854 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Front of School (Blaydon Bank, Mount Pleasant, Front St, Church St, Scotland Head, Thornley Lane, Lockhaugh Rd)

3.55pm – Lockhaugh (Station Rd)

4.00pm – Rowlands Gill War Memorial (Strathmore Rd, Smailes Lane, Hookergate Lane)

4.10pm – High Spen Bute Arms (Glossop Street, Clayton Terrace Rd, Ramsay Rd, Hall Rd, Derwent Street)

4.16pm – Chopwell (Mill Rd, Chopwell Rd, River View)
OPERATE HAIL AND RIDE ON CHOPWELL RD UNTIL BEFORE A694 JUNCTION

861 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Front of School (Blaydon Bank, Stella Rd)

3.55pm – Ryton (Main Rd, Barmoor, Main Street)

4.00pm – Crawcrook (Crawcrook Lane, Stannerford Rd)

891 Service (Afternoon)

3.45pm – St Thomas More School – Front of School (Blaydon Bank, Stella Rd, Ryton Main Street)

3.55pm – Ryton Church (Emmaville, Crawcrook Main Street)

4.02pm – Crawcrook (Greenside Rd, Woodside Lane)

4.10pm – Greenside Pack Horse (Lead Rd)

4.11pm – Rockwood Hill Estate (Rockwood Hill Rd, Greenside, Lead Rd)

4.14pm – Folly Rose & Crown (Folly Lane, Woodside Lane)

About:

There are 2 buses which operate for pupils living in Northumberland, the 550 and the 551. These are provided for students who are in Year 9 and above, are Catholic, and have a bus pass supplied by Northumberland Council. This is because the Local Authority will provide transport for students attending a school out of the catchment area when the parent has expressed a preference for their child to be educated at a school with a particular ethos, because they adhere to a particular faith. In Northumberland, transport will only be provided to the nearest faith school to home, provided that it is the faith to which the parent adheres and that such religious education is not available within the catchment school. For Catholic children in Northumberland, St Thomas More School only becomes the nearest faith school at Year 9, due to the Catholic Middle School in Hexham which students could attend up to Year 8.

Both services are managed by Northumberland Council. Various bus operators bid for the contracts. The bus operators may therefore change between years or terms.

Tickets and Passes:

Students using the 550, or 551, need a bus pass from Northumberland Council. In order to apply for this pass parents should call 01670 624 839. They will have to complete an application form, or an online application, and submit a photograph and copy of their Baptism Certificate.

Lost Property:

If a pupil leaves anything on the bus, parents should contact the operator directly. Alternatively the Local Authority can be contacted on 0345 600 6400.

Times & Routes:

550 Service (Morning)

7.15am – Chollerford Roundabout

7.25am – Hexham, Causey Hill Rd / Valebrook

7.30am – Hexham, Causey Hill Rd

7.35am –Hexham Bus Station

7.50am – Riding Mill, Wellington inn

7.55am – Stocksfield Rail Station

8.05am – Prudhoe, Dr Syntax

8.20am – St Thomas More Catholic School

551 Service (Morning)

8.00am – Prudhoe, Beaumont Terrace

8.03am – Prudhoe, Dr Syntax

8.04am – Prudhoe, Sanderson’s Shop

8.05am – Prudhoe, The Falcon

8.20am – St Thomas More School (Back of School)

550 Service (Afternoon)

3.35pm – St Thomas More School – Back of School

3.50pm – Prudhoe, Dr Syntax

4.00pm – Stocksfield Rail Station

4.05pm – Riding Mill, Wellington Inn

4.20pm – Hexham Bus Station

4.25pm – Hexham, Causey Hill Rd

4.30pm – Hexham, Causey Hill Rd / Valebrook

4.40pm – Chollerford Roundabout

551 Service (Afternoon)

3.35pm – St Thomas More School – Back of School

3.50pm – Prudhoe, The Falcon

3.51pm – Prudhoe, Sanderson’s Shop

3.52pm – Prudhoe, Dr Syntax

3.55pm – Prudhoe, Beaumont Terrace

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