WTF - so they didn't already include a head count as standard???

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link{http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/10325955.stm\8yr old boy left behind on school trip}

"The school apologised to his mother and has reviewed its outdoor trip policy, which will now include a head count"

now I guess I must have been naive because I remembered always having head counts done on school trips when I was a child, and I know that my DS's school do head counts (not just at the end of the day as they board the coach but through the day as well - that's how they realised that my DS1 and his friend had disappeared on his last school trip - silly boy)

But they're only now going to include a head count when rounding large numbers of children up to put on a coach to take home????????

Bejeezus! I've been known to do a headcount in my classroom before now, just to make sure! If 5 minutes go by without one on a trip I get twitchy! I bet it was an interesting conversation back at school...