A sudden change to school transport will mean pupils who used to benefit from free travel will now have to make their own way to school from outlying villages from the new year.
Bath and North East Somerset Council has cut the number of buses travelling to Norton Hill School from six to five in a move that will save £50,000.
But it will leave 19 students who are not entitled to statutory free travel having to cover more than ten miles under their own steam each day.
The changes have been critised by parents, students and even headteacher Alun Williams who all say the transport cuts have been made too fast without any consultation.
Families in Clutton, Temple Cloud, High Littleton and Farrington Gurney were given a month to find alternative arrangements by the local authority as it withdrew provision for sixth formers or pupils who live closer to another school.
Sixteen-year-old Lizzie Jones is one of the students who will now have to make her own way from her home in High Littleton to the school in Midsomer Norton. Her mum Karen Jones says the change in transport could now cause disruption for other parts of her life including her regular acrobatic gymnastics squad training.
She said: "It will be hugely disruptive. I think it is naughty that the council has waited till students started the sixth form giving them no other option. I hope to be able to set up a car share scheme with other parents."
Laura Veater from High Littleton who is also a sixth form student at Midsomer Norton Sixth Form, said: "We pay £350 a year for the current bus service; the cuts will mean getting public transport the cost of which is £1,152 a year."
A spokesman for B&NES said: "The council regularly reviews its free home to school transport routes for pupils entitled to this service. This is so that we transport pupils quickly, efficiently, and at best value for the local taxpayer."
He said the changes had come about to ensure services were not duplicated and stressed that the parents signed an agreement stating that they understood pupils were travelling in 'spare seats' that could be withdrawn at short notice.
