Certificate in Organising and Managing School Trips

The overall responsibility for the health and safety of children on school trips rests with senior leaders. The school management team should ensure that all school trips are well planned, risk assessments are carried out and carefully managed in order to minimise the risk of any accidents or injuries. Schools and colleges must be satisfied that their teachers and staff are competent to lead or supervise a visit.

Developed by The National College and Samantha Kendall, a qualified emergency medical technician, this training course provides you with the knowledge and skills to help you understand your legal responsibilities in relation to school trips and can conduct sensible and proportionate school trip risk assessments.

Please note: The school trip course consists of learning through video, task completion and further reading/research. Please consider this when planning and allocating your time. To successfully understand and achieve the objectives from the course, learners are expected to engage in all aspects of the learning process and complete all relevant activities to ensure they can successfully apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own setting. 

Designed in line with the following policies: 

• Health and Safety on Educational Visits 2018 
• Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 

Important note for non-UK learners: Although this training course on organising and managing school trips reflects best practice principles and might be useful for learners outside the UK, please note that it is based solely on UK guidance and legislation. Please make sure you also adhere to relevant legislation applicable in your own country.