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Useful Links for Schools and School Trips

www.aala.org

Adventure Activities Licensing Authority; Enables you to search for Activity Providers who are registered with The Licensing Authority as licence holders.

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http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/visits

This gives a list of useful documents with regards to health and safety on school trips. You can download and look over the documents which include the standards for LEAs in overseeing educational visits and HASPEV.

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www.rospa.com

Gives advice to teachers organising school trips such as a list of questions you should ask activity centres before travelling. Click here for the link to get to the school trip information directly

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www.theyet.org

The Young Explorers Trust; they don’t run expeditions but give advise to leaders on how they can run safe expeditions. 

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www.askatl.org.uk

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers; if you search “School Trips” on this website it comes up with many links to articles about school trips and also useful documents such as the ATL’s “Taking Students off Site” booklet available online.

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NUT www.teachers.org.uk NASUWT www.teachersunion.org.uk PAT www.pat.org.uk ATL www.askatl.org.uk NAHT www.naht.org.uk SHA www.sha.org.uk NATFHE www.natfhe.org.uk

These are all links to the different teachers unions as they all have different policies with regards to school trips.

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www.watersafety.org.uk This website gives water safety advice for teachers.  

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www.teachersupport.co.uk The Teachers Support Network is an independent charity where teachers and lecturers can get confidential support. If you search “school trips” within this website it comes up with useful links to other website as well as their own advice.

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www.dfes.gov.uk This website provides methodical and thorough advice in relation to the main issues schools need to consider with regards to school trips. Responsibilities between LEA, Headteacher and group leaders, risk assessment, communicating with parents and pupils, transport issues, insurance and emergency procedures are all explored in depth. (Tends to link to teachernet website though).

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www.yha.org.uk Youth Hostel Association for England and Wales.

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http://www.devon.gov.uk/education Devon County Council website. The link goes to the “Education” category.

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http://www.torbay.gov.uk/education Torbay Borough Council Website. The link goes to the “Education” Category.

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http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/education Plymouth city council website. The link goes to the “Education” category.

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http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=128 Cornwall County Council website. The link goes to the “Learning” category.

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http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=2181 Dorset County Council website. The link goes to the “Learning” category.

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www.poole.gov.uk/education Borough of Poole website. The link goes to the “Education” category.

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www.bournemouth.gov.uk/education/ Bournemouth City Council website. The link goes to the “Education” category.

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http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/learning/ Somerset County Council website. The link goes to the “Education and Learning” category.

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