Trips and visits

Health & safety on educational visits

Advice on organising educational visits can be found in the Department’s 1998 good practice guide Health & Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits. A three-part supplement to the good practice guide was produced in 2002:

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Standards for LEAs in Overseeing Educational Visits sets out good practice for local education authorities in overseeing educational visits carried out by schools. Schools, youth services and others may find the principles set out here useful too.

Standards for Adventure is aimed at the teacher or youth worker who leads young people on adventure activities.

A Handbook for Group Leaders is aimed at anyone who leads groups of young people on any kind of educational visit. It sets out good practice in supervision, ongoing risk assessment and emergency procedures.

Group Safety at Water Margins is aimed at anyone who organises learning activities that take place near or in water, such as a walk along a river bank or seashore, collecting samples from ponds or streams, or paddling or walking in gentle, shallow water.