Carole Williams is worried about safety

In protest over the new arrangements up to 25 pupils have been kept away from the school.

On Friday the youngsters, armed with placards and banners, walked the route with their parents.

Sally Phillips said she is concerned over the safety of her 13-year-old daughter.

"We're expected to let these children walk the two miles to school and it is an area they're not familiar with and it is not a safe area either.

"It is not the point that we're keeping them off it is that we have no choice, we've got to keep them off because there is no way to get them to school.

Busy Roads

"We're hoping we'll get a bus, we don't want a free bus, we're quite willing to pay."

Under the new system children as young as 11 have to travel along busy roads or use public transport.

The school was relocated 18 months ago from the Hightown area of Wrexham to the Cefn Road area.

Initially, a bus service was provided but was withdrawn due to a lack of profit.

Ms Phillips added: "When the school was relocated we were promised a bus to get our children safely to school and now they seem to have gone back on their promise."

Carole Williams, who has a teenage son at the school said she feels they have been let down.

There are a lot of children who have got exams coming up and it's not fair at all

Parent, Janet Bevan

"I don't drive and when the school moved we were promised that our children would have a bus, that's all stopped and we have no transport to get them to school," she said.

"My son's at a crucial time in his school career, he's got exams coming up and he's missing a lot in school at the moment."

Wrexham County Council said that it cannot provide an alternative service because the pupils do not live more than three miles away.

The authorities transportation and engineering officer, Rob Wilkinson, said: "The council is unable to subsidise the service and it is under the distance which would make it eligible for free transport."

Education concerns

"It remains possible for passengers to travel between Hightown and Ysgol Morgan Llwyd but by changing at Wrexham Bus Station."

A meeting has been arranged next week between parents, the school and local politicians.

But for some parents the situation cannot be resolved soon enough.

Janet Bevan said: "There are a lot of children who have got exams coming up and it's not fair at all, they're missing out on their education.

"We've requested homework to be sent home because we know it's going to be another week that they're going to be off.

"We've had enough of this and it's not fair on the children - they're bored stiff at home."