Educational visits

New educational visit guidance and categories

Update 14 April: We have updated the guidance on the management and categories of educational visits. These updates supersede the exisiting guidance with immediate effect. Please read and follow the new educational visits guidance and categories (word).

Please note that these four documents are under revision and will be finalised in the summer term 2010:

Part 1: Code of practice and guidance notes (word)
Part 2: Compulsory and optional forms (word)
Part 3: Other information (word)
Includes checklist and flow charts.
Educational visits handbook (word)
Guide for school educational visits co-ordinator.

Generic risk assessments

All documents are in word format and open in a new window.

abseiling
accommodation
archery
camping
canoeing and kayaking
city visits
climbing
coastal visits
dry slope skiing
farm and zoo visits (includes guidelines- also see HSE information sheet)
field visits
foreign exchange
foreign visits
horse riding and pony trekking
ice skating
laser quest, bowling, paintballing
mountain biking and off-road cycling
museums visits
nature reserve visits
orienteering
piste skiing
power boating
providers and instructors
raft building
sailing
sporting activities and competitions
steam railways
surfing
swimming
theatre and cinema
trampolining
transportation
unaccompanied visits
windsurfing

HSE information sheet on avoiding ill health at open farms (pdf)
This agriculture information sheet No 23 (revised) provides advice for farmers and others responsible for open farms, or farms which run open days, on practical steps to reduce the risk of ill health to visitors. Page 5 of this information sheet provides specific advice to teachers.

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