The EVC Magazine Summer 2024 - Magazine - Page 8
NATIONAL GUIDANCE
Updates, revisions and new guidance for
Educational Visits Coordinators.
taying on top of the latest National Guidance can be tough when you're busy. We've put together a selection
of key guidance updates since May to help you to keep track.
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For a full list of updated guidance from OEAP National Guidance, visit
www.oeapng.info/downloads/download-info/table-of-amendments.
New and updated National
Guidance
Staffing
Two guidance documents have been
translated into the Welsh language
4.2a-CYM Rheoli a Goruchwylio
Grwpiau (Group Management and
Supervision).
4.3b-CYM Cymarebau a Goruchwylio
Effeithiol (Ratios and Effective
Supervision).
Travel & transport
4.5a Transport General
Considerations Updated. Information
added about breakdowns,
emergencies and delays.
8.1s Coach or minibus provider
statement New. Support for
schools in selecting and engaging
appropriate coach and minibus
providers.
Activities
3.2f AALA licensing Update.
Lists which specific activities are
licensable or not licensable.
7.1a Adventure Activities Updated.
Additional guidance on what
is an adventure activity, risk
management, leadership, employer
approval, and other higher-risk
activities, as well as the benefits of
adventurous activities.
8.1f Activities Requiring Employer
Approval New. advice for employers
about whether to require their
establishments to seek approval for
certain types of visit or activity. It
includes a model list of activities for
employers to adapt and use according
to their circumstances and risk
assessments.
The environment
7.2i Group Safety at Water Margins
Updated.
7.1o Natural Water Bathing Updated.
Includes guidance on water quality
and sewage.
Department for Education guidance
RSHE guidance sets out government
position on gender
The Department for Education published
draft RSHE guidance in which it sought to
clarify its position on gender identity.
The draft guidance was published for
consultation (until 11 July) and will be
statutory once finalised.
If passed in its current form, this guidance,
and the related draft guidance on gender
questioning children, will have an impact
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on all areas of school life, including
on educational visits. It remains
to be seen how the final guidance
will be written, and in what form
it will be implemented by the new
government.
EVOLVE Advice will keep a
watching brief on this area of
government policy, which we know
is particularly relevant to EVCs and
visit leaders taking children on
residential visits.
