Furious parents of children at three Altrincham schools have blasted transport bosses over buses they claim frequently fail to pick up pupils - forcing them to walk miles and making them late for class.
And in neighbouring Stockport, parents say they are also at their wits' end over a service they claim often turns up late - or not at all - and which gets ‘lost’ on the way to school.
The mother of one child said her son was able to take pictures of Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium after the bus 'inexplicably' took a different route.
Parents of pupils living in Broadheath, who go to Altrincham Grammar Schools for Boys and Girls and the girls-only Loreto Grammar School, have protested to their local MP Connor Rand and ward councillor Ulrich Savary over the issue since September 2024.
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