Find out about our location and transport details to make getting to school safe and easy.
Getting to and from school safely
As a parent or carer, it’s your responsibility to get your child to and from school safely. Student safety is our priority.
Keep our school community safe by:
- driving and parking safely, even if it means parking further away and walking the rest of the way to school
- being a good role model
- never calling your child from across the road
- using the safest place to cross the road.
For independent travellers
Talk safe travel with your high-school-aged child including:
Subsidised school travel
Transport for NSW provides subsidies to assist school students.
- The School Student Transport Scheme provides eligible students with free or subsidised travel on public transport between home and school.
- The School Drive Subsidy may help towards the costs of driving children to school if you live in an area where there is no public transport.
Parents or students with timetable, route or general network enquires for school travel can search the School Services page and view the trip planner for travel options.
Further help is available from the school or contact Transport directly on 131 500.
Notice: If your bus seat is equipped with a seatbelt, you need to fasten it. It is a student’s responsibility to use the seatbelt and buckle up. Students are encouraged to form the habit of buckling up without being asked by the bus driver.
Please remind students they must have a valid Opal card to travel on school buses, and must tap on and off both morning and afternoon.
Newcastle High School bus overview of afternoon departures PDF.
Secondary Student Concession Card Request Forms 16yrs+
To be eligible for a concession card students must be 16 years or over and enrolled at Newcastle High School. Students 16yrs+ must travel with a valid ticket, either a valid School Opal card or Transport Concession Entitlement Card to be used in conjunction with a child/youth card, otherwise adult fare will need to be paid. Fines may be issued by Transport Officers for travelling using an invalid ticket.
Click School Concession Card Request to download an application form. Completed forms can be returned by email with the subject Transport to newcastle-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au. Alternatively students can collect and return form from the school library office.
If a student has been issued with a concession card and it has been damaged, lost or stolen you can request a replacement card using the Secondary Concession Card Replacement Application
