[Lilly]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Really? Wow!

Maybe our school is more generous then. I do the risk assessment and associated gubbins for school trips and there's a breakdown of the cost which includes the cost of the coach, cost of the entry fee etc and then on the other side there's the cost to each pupil and the balance which the school pays.



If fewer children go (as often happens as they don't all go if parents don't pay/send in the permission slip etc) then the cost to the school goes up.

You're so right, Willow. With all this health and safety malarky we are lucky if the teachers are brave enough to take the class anywhere.

My 4 year old is in reception class. They aren't going on a trip this year as the required staff to child ratio is too high and they would need too many adults to accompany them.

To make up for this they are having a circus workshop visit them in school which my daughter is really looking forward to.

My 7 year old has been to the museum of science and industry. He really enjoyed it.

Our school does not contribute to the cost of trips. The parents pay it all and if there are not enough parents willing to pay then the trip will not go ahead.

In my day if your parents were not willing to pay for a school trip then the child would not go on the trip. There is now a law against this.

Schools are not allowed to demand money for activities during school hours. All they can do is request that you make a voluntary donation for either part of or the whole of a certain amount. They have to make it very clear that your child will be included on the trip whether you pay or not.
However, if they don't get enough voluntary contributions nobody will be going.

Thank God for schools that are willing to brave all this and still run school trips.