The Ridgeway Trust, which runs Didcot Girls' School and St Birinus School, ended subsidy payments for parents last year, due to "budget constraints". "However, the price of tickets is a Thames Travel decision over which the schools have no influence." (Image: BBC)Luke Marion, managing director of Thames Travel, said: "We are committed to providing a comprehensive bus network that works for scholars in and around Didcot. He added: "We already have horrendous traffic in Didcot particularly around school times - we want more people to use the bus, or walk and cycle". Free home to school bus travel is provided by Oxfordshire County Council only to children who attend the secondary school nearest to their home.