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Residential visits question

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Malbecfan · 18/08/2017 12:13

I'm hoping you might all be able to help me.

If your dc go on residential trips (school or other groups), do you receive a list of staff who are going on the trip beforehand? If you do, what assumptions would you make about those staff?

Apologies for being cryptic. This has nothing at all to do with my school where we always give parents a list of the staff going, details of the accommodation, an itinerary and a contact number (school reception or designated senior teacher for the duration of the trip). Just interested in others' experiences. Thank you in advance

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Allthebestnamesareused · 18/08/2017 12:48

We just get the lead teacher's name and mobile for emergencies.

They generally tweet about what is happening daily and put pictures up.

We aren't told about any other members of staff that are going, the exception being that we were invited to a talk by a gentleman who was going on the Battlefields trip as he was a historian and very interesting. He comes into school to run the history club but is not a member of staff. I would have assumed because of this he was DBS checked already.

ragged · 18/08/2017 12:35

I can't recall. There's always at least one name, maybe a few names, and a single contact number, but kids all take phones, anyway. I never perceived it was supposed to be a comprehensive & complete list of accompanying staff. I don't remember anything about specific accommodation for each & every trip, while the itinerary is obviously provisional.

I would assume that at least some of the named staff have relevant expertise (like history teacher would probably go on the Ypres trip, etc). It's a state school, so I would assume all staff & the bus driver(s) have a DBS somewhere in employment records.

I was a parent volunteer on one secondary trip (not residential, though); we weren't DBS'd or ever alone with kids.