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This training course is broken down into 4 sections
- 1 Planning a School Trip
- 2 Health and Safety on a School Trip
- 3 The Trip
- 4 Residential Trips and Trips Abroad

About this course
In this School Trips Training for Organisers and Support programme we take a look at some of the things that must be considered when planning and delivering school trips, both in the UK and abroad.
School Trips for Organisers and Support Staff is a programme for the person who organises the trip, or anyone who helps out on a trip, including school staff and non-school staff acting as volunteers and helpers.
It may seem that there’s a lot to think about when planning a school trip, but this programme has been written as a guide to the process. It will support any procedures and guidelines already in place in a school, and will explain how to practically manage the risks associated with leaving the classroom.
There are two programmes on School Trips. This is the second. The first programme is School Trips for Management (the people in a school who are responsible for school trips.) We recommend that the person organising a trip should do both courses.
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Keith WickhamThe importance of School Trips Training (For Organisers & Support)
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This School Trips Training For Organisers & Support course concludes with a 10 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your School Trips Training (For Organisers & Support) Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
73 real user reviews
very good.
This will definitely help with trips.
Dreadful
I have done this several times and each time I lose the will to live part way through. Why not (a) only require it to be done say every three years; and (b) offer a proper pre-learning test which if passed means you don’t have to sit through it. I assume that the objective is to ensure that trip leaders are competent … I’m not convinced this course is fit for purpose.
clesr and concise
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
It was good and easy understanding
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Brilliant training really informative.
Thanks for letting me refresh my knowledge, you can never have to much.
Very clear, instructive and really usefu
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
The course was easy to navigate
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Top tips for trips!
This training was not relevant to my role, however the content would be useful for anyone who is considering planning and undertaking a trip. The benefits were clearly outlined and I was able to draw on my experience as team manager for a swim team in order to complete the assessments.
Why is this training important?
Compliance
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
The Common Law Duty of Care and The Children Act 1989 require that teachers do all that is reasonable to protect the health, safety and welfare of pupils.
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires all employees to care for their own health and safety and that of others. In the case of school trips this means that teachers must take reasonable steps to protect their own health and safety, that of the pupils they accompany and also that of anyone else who may be affected by the delivery of the trip.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires risks to be appropriately assessed and measures put in place to reduce or eliminate risks.
The Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004 requires providers of certain adventure activities to be licensed.
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 holds an organisation responsible if their activities were organised or managed in such a way that this caused or contributed to the death of someone to whom they had a duty of care.
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