History of the school's visits to Glenridding

These pages describe the origin and nature of the visits to Glenridding by the School.

The lessons learned cover particularly the need for schools to:

• check claimed competencies,
• do risk assessments before introducing new activities
• have clear risk-based arrangements for the supervision of pupils on educational visits
• have effective procedures for responding to complaint about unsafe practice

This Part has three pages:

• The leader’s background
• Nature of the Glenridding visits
• Supervision of pupils

It ends with a summary of the key points.

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