Pupils in Crumlin, Co Antrim, have just one post-primary choice – an integrated college that few want to go to.
Enrolments at the school are falling annually while the numbers leaving the village every morning to travel to schools in other areas are rising.
Any child is eligible for transport assistance provided they are enrolled at their “nearest suitable school which is located in excess of a set qualifying distance”.
This means a pupil that wants to attend a school other than the local integrated option – be it state-controlled, grammar, Irish-medium or Catholic – is entitled to free home-to-school transport.
The greater numbers of children now snubbing the local school has caused the costs to spiral.
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