Educational visits

When organising an educational visit you will also need to think about the health and safety implications and procedures for dealing with emergencies, should they arise, including how to communicate with the school (see also Planning/Communicating with parents/Communication and educational visits).

For detailed information on planning and leading educational visits, including emergency procedures, please refer to the DfES good-practice guidance:

Health and Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits (1998) includes a range of model forms (see Resources)
Standards for LEAs in Overseeing Educational Visits (2002)
Standards for Adventure (2002)
The Handbook for Group Leaders (2002)

All of these can be downloaded from http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/visits.

The guidance does not seek to replace local or other professional guidance or regulations. Where appropriate, LEAs should be the first source of such advice.

School emergency-management plan Health and safety in schools School security Educational visits First aid Evacuation procedures Calling emergency services Counselling Media handling Communicating with parents	Educational visits When organising an educational visit you will also need to think about the health and safety implications and procedures for dealing with emergencies, should they arise, including how to communicate with the school (see also Planning/Communicating with parents/Communication and educational visits). For detailed information on planning and leading educational visits, including emergency procedures, please refer to the DfES good-practice guidance: Health and Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits (1998) includes a range of model forms (see Resources) Standards for LEAs in Overseeing Educational Visits (2002) Standards for Adventure (2002) The Handbook for Group Leaders (2002) All of these can be downloaded from http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/visits. The guidance does not seek to replace local or other professional guidance or regulations. Where appropriate, LEAs should be the first source of such advice.
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