Travel to school

Planning your school travel is easy. There are a range of safe transport options to get to our school. Check our location map, driving details and public transport options to help make the journey to school safe and easy.

Drop Off and Pick Up Guidelines

Dapto High School’s location, front of school drive-thru road and surrounding traffic conditions, provide a unique challenge for the morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up of students. The following are some guidelines for all community members to follow:

Morning Drop Off

Students are welcome at school anytime from 8am, with Breakfast Club available most days. Please do not try to drop off at 8.27am for an 8.28am start.If getting closer to 8.28am please consider a drop point in the surrounding streets, where students can walk safely into school, rather than driving onto the busy school site.

Afternoon Pick Up

Our students in the Wollemi Special Education Unit finish their school day at 2.20pm so these students can exit the school safely and calmly. To allow this to happen, we ask parents to only enter the site before 2.30pm if picking up a student in Wollemi. If parents need to arrive before 2.30pm please do not enter the driveway or school site. Doing so causes congestion and makes it difficult for other parents, deliveries and staff trying to enter or exit the site.•Please consider picking students up from a location in the surrounding streets. This will help to disperse traffic and prevent you from sitting in long traffic queues. There are many locations where students can walk safely just a few minutes from the school.

Wet Weather

If it is raining and your child does not have a jacket or umbrella they will probably get wet. Please do not change plans for wet weather, instead allow your child to walk with an umbrella, catch the bus as normal or get picked up from an adjoining street.

Entering the School Site

Only enter the school site if it cannot be avoided. The site is becoming overcrowded and dangerous. Encourage your child to take a short walk from/to a nearby street.If you must enter the school site, do not queue across driveways, gates, roads or paths and be considerate of other cars and pedestrians.

We are all part of the wonderful Dapto High School community, so please follow these guidelines and work together with patience, kindness and respect to make school drop off and pick up a safe and pleasant experience for all members of our school community.

Drop off and pick up guidelines

Location map

We are located at Cleveland Rd, NSW 2530 Dapto.

https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/place?q=Dapto High School&key=AIzaSyCocj95prZ_spfzmsGRLP1FGlnIIOTpUXM

Use School Finder to confirm if you live in our local intake area.

Catching public transport

Dapto High School is located close to rail and bus links.

The School Opal Card gives eligible students free or discounted travel between home and school, using the train, bus and ferry services you nominate in your application.

The School Opal Card replaces the old paper School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) travel pass.

To be eligible for a School Opal Card, students may need to live a minimum distance from their school. The distance for Years 7 - 12 is 2.0km straight line distance or 2.9km walking.

Complete the application at transportnsw.info/school-students
The school will endorse your application online.
Once Transport for NSW has approved the application, a School Opal Card will be sent to the address provided on the application.

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Apply for a travel pass

Eligible students can get a free travel pass under the School Student Transport Scheme. Apply for a travel pass today.

Travel pass

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Driving and parking

The start and end of the school day are busy times for pedestrians and drivers outside schools.

When driving and parking near our school, please:

ensure you park safely in school zones
follow speed signs
do not make U-turns or 3-point turns outside the school.

Need help getting to school?

If your child has a disability or additional needs, they may be eligible for the Assisted School Travel Program. Contact us to learn more or get help planning your child's journey to school.

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Bell times

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Additional learning support

Find out how we support students with disability or additional learning needs.