A father is calling for children in lower-income families to receive free bus passes after his daughter, 16, was refused one. Maja Stachurski has been attending Thomas Clarkson Academy in Wisbech since Year 7.

Last year, Maja passed her GCSEs at school , achieving grade 9s in science-related subjects. She decided to stay on to sixth form to study maths, further maths, physics, and computer science.

Ever since Year 7, Maja, who lives around seven miles away in Guyhirn, has been able to travel to school at no cost with a free bus pass. However, this year, when she turned 16, despite still being in full-time education, her family were told she would no longer be able to receive a free bus pass.

Maja’s father, Maciej Stachurski, said it “came all of a sudden” when he and his wife we

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