Minibus Leasing
As the best long term solution for schools is leasing or contract hire, we have made sure that working with Castle reduces the stress and hassle of arranging and managing a minibus.
Driver Training
At Castle we’re extremely proud to be working with over 1500 schools, academies and colleges across the UK, and have become the chosen provider of D1 training due to our very high standards of tuition leading to phenomenal pass rates.
Minibus Rentals
At Castle minibus we specialise in serving schools and educational establishments, taking care of all their needs where minibus and vehicle leasing, renting and driver training are concerned.
Minibus sales
We have an ever-changing range of used minibuses for sale with up to 50% off the list price. All have 52-point vehicle and safety checks, are valeted and come with a three-month inclusive warranty.
Sell us your minibus
Castle offer a risk free and easy way to retire your old minibus, reservicing and rehoming it with donations to three chosen charities. Let us make you an offer.
How it works
Specialising in school and college Minibus Leasing across the UK, Castle Minibus will source your ideal minibus, and provide a fully managed service throughout.
1) Do your homework
Not sure where to start? Have a read about us, why you should choose us and how we can save you money.
2) Request a quote today
Specialising in school and college Minibus Leasing across the UK, Castle Minibus will source your ideal minibus, and provide a fully managed service throughout.
3) Delivered to you
Complete with free livery and logos, you can take delivery of your new minibus from one of our Castle delivery drivers.
Watch our video and take 2 minutes to learn more about Castle Minibus and how we can save you money, time, worry and hassle.
Trusted by our customers, we are proud of what we do, and it shows:
98% of our customers told us we were either good or excellent
1500 We work with over 1500 schools, academies and colleges across the UK
100% Every single school that completed our survey said that they would happily recommend us
145% above the national average for passing D1 driver training on the first attempt
What we offer
Castle Minibus don’t just offer minibuses, we offer risk free, peace of mind to schools that don’t want the hassle of organising the maintenance and safety checks on their minibuses, who want their teachers to pass their D1’s first time and know they and their minibuses are the safest they can be.
Safety standards met
Safety is our absolute priority; in the vehicles we recommend, the training we give and the maintenance services we provide. Every element of our offering has your staff and children’s safety at its heart.
Dedicated teams
Our dedicated teams will look after you whatever your enquiry; driver training, hiring or leasing. We are all experts in the legalities and small print so can talk you through all the details and will then take away the hassle by organising everything for you.
Fully managed service
When you rent or hire a minibus from Castle Minibus, we know how important it is to complete the regular safety checks, services and MOTs. That why we offer a full managed service covering all these things. Should the worst happen we offer 24/7 road side assistance as standard.
Free livery and logos
We want you to be proud of your minibus and be able to use it from day of delivery so as part of our leasing package we will add your livery and logos so it is ready to go from day one, advertising your school to the local area.
Save you money and hassle
Once you factor in our additional benefits, you will not only be saving money but valuable teaching and admin time too.
Training options
Castle Minibus are champions of minibus safety and so we offer training options above and beyond the standard D1 and MiDAS options including a minibus compliance course and audit for school transport managers with payment packages to help you spread the costs.
Our philosophy is based around being a specialist supplier to schools, offering the highest quality, most convenient service, with a focus on safety
Chris Maynard, Castle Minibus
Save with Castle
Our comprehensive service and maintenance packages will save you money on administration costs and loss of teaching time. We aim to take away all your admin headaches and make having a minibus as hassle free as possible.
Why Choose us?
We are industry leaders in school minibus leasing, hiring and driver training. 98% of our customers would recommend us because we know exactly how to save you time, money and effort.
What our customers say
Emily Corrigan, Head of Geography,
King's Bruton
'Liz was brilliant over the last couple of days and my pass is entirely thanks to her. She is calm, patient and clear in what is needed to pass and I couldn’t recommend Castle and Liz highly enough.
Huge thanks again,
Milly'
Emilie Loveless, House Mistress and Modern Languages Teacher,
King's Bruton
'Liz has been amazing and I thoroughly enjoyed our 3 days with her. She is an excellent instructor and I’ve really appreciated all of the support from Castle.
Best wishes
Emilie'
Sarah Williams,
Christ College
'I really enjoyed the [MCC] course in Cardiff yesterday, it was very worthwhile. Cliff did say that if we needed any Section 19 Permits you could send some. Could I possibly have six please?
I ask because Cliff's warning that the DVSA were doing their rounds was very timely. I had a phone call at 7.30pm last night to say that the Police and a DVSA inspector had followed one of our minibuses back to School after their evening run and did a spot check. All OK apart from the fact that although the permit was in the bus it wasn’t on display – hence my request!
Kind regards
Sarah'
