Hypothesis 2: Most Pupils Travel to School by Bus and Travel at Least 10 Miles

Hypothesis 2: Most Pupils Travel To School By Bus And Travel At Least 10 Miles.

Most people travel to school by bus and travel at least 10 miles. The amounts of people who travel by bus from my random samples are 25 pupils all together. The amount of pupils who travel to school by car is 2 pupils and the amount of pupils who get to school by walking is 3 pupils.

The bar graph which shows you the distance the pupils have travelled shows the pupils who travel less than 10 and more than 10 miles. This bar graph is the main graph for this hypothesis as we are also trying to find out if pupils travel more than 10 miles. The average miles travelled less than 10 miles is 5 miles and 12 people travelled less than 10 miles. The average miles travelled more than 10 miles is 23 miles and the amount of people who travelled more than 10 miles is 10 pupils. Though 1 reason why pupils may travel a large distance to get to Loreto is because they want to get a good education or it might have been the closest catholic grammar school.

Pupils take the bus because they get a free bus pass Ð'-though this bus pass is given to pupils who live m0ore than 3 miles away. Pupils may take the bus as it might be more convenient to the parents as the parents won't have to drop children off at school before going to work. The petrol costs are going higher and so if they are given the free bus pass why should the parents say NO? Maybe if you travel by bus you could get more friends which is called social element. Most pupils travel more than 10 miles away and therefore it is too far to walk or cycle to Loreto. If more people travel by bus then that would be more environmentally friendly and less vehicles are being used-which means less pollution.

Most pupils travel further than 10 miles because of Loreto's reputation of good academic results, sporting facilities e.g. he new sports hall, pupils good education, the closest catholic grammar school, a good catholic education so that they could learn more about their religion, in rural areas they may not have any secondary schools at all and so they have to travel a large distance to get to a catholic grammar school.

I think hypothesis 2 is partly true and partly false.