We have updated 4.5a Transport – General Considerations to include advice on choosing the most appropriate form of transport and to include advice on parents providing transport. We have also updated 4.5e Hiring a Coach to include a link to Government advice.
You can download both from the Good Practice section of National Guidance.
As a result of a recent Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) ruling of a prohibition order against a head teacher, we have revisited National Guidance document 4.5c Transport in Private Cars to ensure that our advice on a member of staff transporting a young person alone in their car is as clear as possible and cannot be misinterpreted.
You can download the revised document here.
On 1st March 2017, new regulations for child booster seats come into force. We have updated 4.5d Seat belts and child restraints to ensure that our guidance reflects the new regulations.
You can read the updated guidance here.
Do you find that choosing one coach company over another is an impossible task when you have no specialist transport knowledge?
Help is now at hand. There are questions you can ask, and documents you can request, that will help to make that task far simpler. The new document 4.5e Hiring a coach takes you through them, and offers a number of pointers towards good practice in the use of coach transport.
You can download the document here.
Do you know when seat belts and child restraints must be used when arranging transport for children? The law is very complex, and your duty of care comes into play too. One of the members of OEAP has asked us to research this issue, and we have created a new document: 4.5d Seat belts and child restraints.
You can download it here.
