Airport Transport ~ request forms
Bloxham School
from Nick Irvine, Director of Marketing and PR
14 November 2006
Dear Parents, Guardians and Pupils,
I am writing to you as you have used our bus service linking Bloxham with Heathrow in the past – and I hope that you will again in the future.
We launched this service just over 12 months ago and it has been a success from our point of view and I hope that it has given you all some peace of mind and reassurance in these days of travel restrictions and difficulties. I am writing now to try to formalise how we operate this service, to improve on what we do already and to avoid any confusions. I would be grateful if you would read this letter in full, note what it says and co-operate with its message by completing the relevant form on each occasion that you might need to use the service.
The school will continue to operate a service (which will be free to our students) linking Bloxham School and Heathrow Airport at the beginning and end of each term and at half term. Links on other holidays/weekends are unlikely to be offered.
At the beginning of term / half term:
Buses will collect from Heathrow in the morning (departing mid –morning) and again in the afternoon departing at about 6.30pm. It will not be possible to meet flights that arrive after 6pm into Heathrow, although we will wait if a flight has been delayed within reason.
At the end of term / half term:
Buses will leave Bloxham from near the front Archway at an advertised time which will not be before the published end of term. As the journey time to Heathrow is approximately 90 minutes and another 90 minutes check-in time (minimum) is currently in force it follows that flight need to be booked accordingly. Dates and Times of terms are available on our website.
At other times and trips required to other airports alternative arrangements can be made either by yourselves (try nationalexpress.co.uk for buses between Banbury Bus station and Heathrow, Gatwick or Birmingham) or through the school (please email Maria Hill on maria@bloxhamschool.co.uk). Mrs Hill can also assist with taxis (but these are an expensive option).
London Stansted can be reached via a coach service changing at Heathrow, as can Luton, but these are less convenient to travel to and from.
We will drop children off at Heathrow at their terminal in most cases although those travelling from Terminal 4 will be dropped at Terminal 1 to access the frequent and free shuttle train that goes direct from T1 to T4. They will be escorted on this route at least once so that they are aware of just how simple it is.
We will collect students from Terminal 1 and our collection points are either the Costa coffee shop next to the entrance in T1 INTERNATIONAL Arrivals Hall or the far loading bays outside T1 Departures, which is upstairs. We will endeavour to collect younger children or those using the service for the first time from their arrival terminal. T1 is a popular terminal and is easily accessed by internal walkway from T2 and T3 and via free rail-link from T4.
Students should put the following numbers into the memory of their mobile phones:
Nick Irvine (transport co-ordinator) +44 (0) 7976 601 710 (my home number is +44 (0) 1295 721 712)
Glenn Poynter (Mini bus Chief) +44 (0) 7717 858 502
They should try to make contact with one of us once landed and while waiting for their luggage.
We are going to ask that for each journey (or return journey) that a form is filled in to ensure that we have all relevant information. As I need to make arrangements to ensure that we offer the best possible service to everyone these will need to be filled in and returned to me at the latest 72 hours before any requested journey. Forms will be available on the Bloxham website (under General Information) and may be emailed to me at marketing@bloxhamschool.com. It may not be possible to accommodate requests made within the 72 hour period.
Yours sincerely,
Nick Irvine
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Bloxham School - Airport Transport Request Form
Please complete for every requested trip. Thank you.
Name of student
House
Mobile phone number (We may need to call this if we need to speak to a student after landing to arrange a meeting place and time).
Email address 1. At Bloxham
2. At home
Inward (ie travelling to Bloxham)
Date of travel
Airport
Terminal of arrival
Flight No
due to arrive at hours
Outward (ie travelling home from Bloxham)
Date of travel
Airport of departure
Terminal
Flight No
due to arrive at hours
Other information or requests:
Please complete and return at least 72 hours before a journey to: marketing@bloxhamschool.com
printed from Bloxham School website at http://www.bloxhamschool.com/article_219.php