We have amended four OEAP National Guidance documents to draw attention to the importance of considering potential allergies when providing catering for young people on educational visits, with specific reference to the new “Natasha’s Law“.
The amended documents are:
3.2a Underpinning Legal Framework and Duty of Care
6o FAQ: Allergies and Anaphylaxis (which has also been revised and renamed to cover allergies more generally).
We have deleted the OEAP National Guidance form 8r “Additional Provider Statement”, and have instead added questions about coronavirus to the forms 8p Provider Statement and 8q Provider Statement – Word Version.
At the same time, we have added additional points about coronavirus to 4.2a Residentials, 4.4f Checklist – Assessing a Provider and 4.4g Selecting External Providers and Facilities.
We have updated OEAP National Guidance form 8r Additional Provider Statement for Residentials during Coronavirus. The amendments include additional questions about ventilation, and the provider’s ability to respond to changes in health advice.
You can download the revised form here.
We have updated OEAP National Guidance document 7r Overseas Visits to give more emphasis to the importance of checking the regulations of the countries to be visited, such as whether or not there is a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID.
We have supplemented this guidance with a new OEAP National Guidance document 3.3g Checklist – Visit Leader of an Overseas Visit – a new checklist for organising overseas visits.
We have revised OEAP National Guidance document 8i Model Code of Conduct to add a section on Coronavirus. We also clarify that, for many groups or visits, it may not be necessary to have a detailed list of expectations and requirements, or even to have a written code of conduct at all. You should judge what is appropriate in your circumstances.
You can download the revised document here.
We have added some further questions to OEAP National Guidance document 8r Additional Provider Statement for Residentials during Coronavirus. These include asking the provider to confirm the maximum number of participants and staff who will share sleeping accommodation, and whether changes from normal accommodation arrangements have affected security or safeguarding.
You can download the revised guidance here.
We have updated the OEAP National Guidance document 3.3f Checklist – Young Person. The checklist is intended to be completed by each young person who is about to take part on an educational visit. It can be a useful way to ensure that they are aware of what they need to know.
You can download the checklist here.
What does good leadership and management of visits look like? We were asked that by an outdoor education adviser, and, as a result, we have created a new OEAP National Guidance document 4.2e Leadership and Management.
We have also created a new OEAP National Guidance document 4.2f Facilitating Learning and Development, which focuses on the processes that leaders can use to help participants to learn and develop.
This led us to review and revise OEAP National Guidance document 5.1a Establishment Self-Evaluation Form, and provide a Microsoft Word version as 5.1b. It now gives links to relevant guidance documents, and is aligned with the Headteacher/Manager checklist (document 3.3b).
We have created a new OEAP National Guidance mind map, 8.2a Learning Outcomes Mind Map, based on the information in document 2.1b Learning Outcomes. It provides a summary of the many areas where outdoor learning, off-site visits and learning outside the classroom can be particularly effective in achieving educational aims and desired learning outcomes. It replaces an earlier mindmap that was numbered 5.2a.
You can download the new mind map here.
During October, we revised nine documents, made a minor amendment to one document, and created three new documents. The National Guidance Updates Page lists the documents with links to each one, plus a link to a table that summarises the reasons for amendments.
You can find the Updates page here.
