Children with disabilities were left without school transport on the first day of term because there were no drivers. Angry parents said some children have been unable to get to school after services to Ysgol y Deri special school in Penarth were cancelled without warning.
Vale of Glamorgan Council blamed widespread driver shortages for causing "issues with school transport provision". Transport to Ysgol y Deri couldn’t run because of “last-minute” staff shortages and some other school transport services had also been affected, a spokesman said.
Daniel Parrott, whose 14 year-old daughter attends Ysgol y Deri, said the minibus due to pick her up from their house in Llantwit Major at 8.15am on the first day of term on September 6 failed to turn up. There was no bus on Wednesday either and he has not been told when it will be running again.
