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BBC News - Pupil Tags For Safer School Trips
May
Pupil tags for safer school trips
Pupils on trips are to wear tags displaying a school
ID and phone number through which their teachers can
be identified and contacted automatically.
Anyone who finds a lost pupil or sees one misbehaving
can phone the number and input the school's ID on the
tag.
This automatically calls the mobiles of all teachers
on the trip or, if there is no answer, a 24-hour call
centre.
The service launches after a growing number of negligence
claims have made teachers less keen to organise trips.
It also provides a voicemail account on which teachers
can leave messages for the parents of the children in
their care.
Supported by the National Association of Head Teachers
and the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations,
the service, School Trips Plus, is being offered to
all pre-school settings, primary and secondary schools
in the UK.
It is free of charge for the first year, thanks to
a sponsorship deal.
The organisers said they had yet to decide on pricing
after that, but describe the set-up and first-year fee
as being "worth over £250".
The service's website gives the educational programmes,
contact details, health and safety policies, potential
hazards and emergency procedures of more than 7,000
UK attractions.
Paul Kent, managing director of Community Alerts, which
developed the service, said: "We hope to provide
teachers with the confidence and reassurance they have
the tools to make school trips safer." |
We hope to provide
teachers with the confidence and reassurance they
have the tools to make school trips safer
