Bolton Council, is committed to enhancing the learning experience of pupils within the borough through educational visits, and to ensuring that this can be achieved safely.
The Council has prepared a detailed policy and guidance document which outlines its approach for this, which is based on risk assessment and control, and which follows the good practice outlined in the ‘Health and Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits’ (HASPEV), (DfES 1988) and supplementary guidance (Standards for Local Authorities in Overseeing Educational Visits, Standards for Adventure and A Handbook for Group Leaders). It lays out the line of accountability from the Local Authority down to the young people involved, and it provides systems which support staff in planning, conducting, reviewing and auditing all types of educational visit.