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Coronavirus Guidance Document 4.4k Latest OEAP National Guidance update
Lock-down for a 5 year old Video from a member of the EVOLVE team

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Local Learning Area (example template) For schools to adapt
Local Learning Area - COVID 19 (example template) For schools to adapt
Virtual Visits Graham Lodge

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DfE (Main site) Department for Education
DfE Research Research & Statistics
Health and Safety on Educational Visits 2018 Guidance
National Archives Search the UK Government Website
Ofsted Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services & Skills

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Character Education DfE
Charging for School Activities 2018 DfE
Advice on Driving School Minibuses DfE
Asthma: Guidance on the use of emergency salbutamol inhalers in schools Department of Health
Consent Form (July 2011) DfE
DfE Advice on H&S for Schools (2011) DfE
EYFS Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage 2021 DfE (efective from 1 Sept 2021)
EYFS Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage 2017 DfE
Keeping Children Safe in Education DfE
Safety Education (A Good Practice Guide) 2001 DfE
Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions Department for Education
Charging for school activities (2009) Department for Children, Schools and Families
Education Outside the Classroom (NFER Research 2006) National Foundation for Educational Research
Guidance on First Aid for Schools (2002) Department for Children, Schools and Families
HASPEV - Health & Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits (1998) Department for Children, Schools and Families
Health & Safety: Responsibility & Powers Department for Children, Schools and Families
Managing Medicines in Schools (2005) Department for Children, Schools and Families
Managing Risk in Play Provision Department for Children, Schools and Families
Safeguarding Children 2007 Department for Children, Schools and Families
Staying Safe: Action Plan (2008) Department for Children, Schools and Families
Work Experience - Employers Guide Department for Children, Schools and Families
Work Experience - Organisers Guide Department for Children, Schools and Families
Work Experience - Schools Guide Department for Children, Schools and Families
Working Together to Safeguard Children Department for Children, Schools and Families

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20 Conditions for the Expedition Section Duke of Edinburgh Award
Expedition Safety Card Duke of Edinburgh Award
Expedition Variations Application Form Duke of Edinburgh Award
Paddle Ventures Duke of Edinburgh Award
Route Card (Expedition) Duke of Edinburgh Award
Route Card (Water activities) Duke of Edinburgh Award
Sample Consent Form Duke of Edinburgh Award

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EVOLVE Login Link to main login page for all Clients

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EVOLVE Planning Chart (pdf) eduFOCUS Ltd
EVOLVE Planning Chart (Powerpoint) eduFOCUS Ltd

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CLOtC Council for Learning Outside the Classroom - Main site
LOtC Quality Badge Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge

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Charging Policy Council for Learning Outside the Classroom
Inclusion Council for Learning Outside the Classroom
LOtC Manifesto DfES / CLOtC
Maximising the Impact of LOtC (A presentation) LOtC - Elaine Skates 2015
Parental Objections to Visiting Places of Worship Council for Learning Outside the Classroom
Research evidence Council for Learning Outside the Classroom

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AAIAC Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee
ABRS Association of British Riding Schools
ADCS Association of Directors of Childrens' Services
Adventuremark Adventuremark
AEE Association for Experiential Education
AHOEC Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres
AMI Association of Mountaineering Instructors
ANPA Association of National Park Authorities
ASA Amateur Swimming Association
BAIML British Association of International Mountain Leaders
BAPA British Activity Providers Association
BASI British Association of Snowsport Instructors
BCA British Caving Association
BCU British Canoe Union
BDA British Dragon Boat Racing Association
BEF British Equestrian Federation
BGA British Gliding Association
BHS British Horse Society
BIAZA British and Irish Association of Zoos & Aquariums
BKSA British Kite Surfing Association
BMC British Mountaineering Council
BOA British Olympic Association
BOF British Orienteering Federation
British Cycling British Cycling
British Rowing British Rowing
BSAC British Sub Aqua Club
BWS British Water Ski & Wakeboard
CANI Canoe Association of Northern Ireland
Canoe England Canoe England
Canoe Wales Canoe Wales
CEVAS Countryside Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme
CfBT CfBT Education Trust
CLA Countryside Leader Award
Countryside Alliance Foundation Countryside Alliance Foundation
CTC Cycle Touring Club
DCMS Department for Culture, Media and Sport
DeFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DfE Department for Education
EASI European All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Institute
EOC English Outdoor Council
EOE European Institute of Outdoor Education
EPA Expedition Providers Association
ERCA European Ropes Course Association
ESTYN HM Inspectorate for Education & Training in Wales
EVOLVE Educational Visits On-line
FACE Farming & Countryside Education
FCO Foreign & Commonwealth Office
FSC Field Studies Council
GA Geographical Association
GNAS Grand National Archery Society
HA Historical Association
IMSPA Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity
IOL Institute for Outdoor Learning
ISAAA Independent Schools Adventure Activities Association
LDWA Long Distance Walkers Association
LLG Lessons Learned Group
LTL Learning through Landscapes
MCA Marine & Coastguard Agency
MCofS Mountaineering Council of Scotland
MIAS Mountain-bike Instructor Award Scheme
MLTE Mountain Leader Training England
MLTNI Mountain Leader Training Northern Ireland
MLTS Mountain Leader Training Scotland
MLTW Mountain Leader Training Wales
NAFSO National Association of Field Studies Officers
NAHT National Association of Head Teachers
NASUWT NASUWT Teacher Union
NPA National Park Authority
NUT National Union of Teachers
OEAP Outdoor Education Advisers' Panel
OEAP Training Outdoor Education Advisers' Panel Training
OIA Outdoor Industries Association
Parkour UK Parkour UK
Ramblers Association Ramblers Association
RGS Royal Geographical Society with IBG
RIN Royal Institute of Navigation
RLSS Royal Life Saving Society
RNLI Royal National Lifeboat Institution
RoSPA Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
RYA Royal Yachting Association
SAA Sub-Aqua Association
SAPOE Scottish Advisory Panel for Outdoor Education
SCA Scottish Canoe Association
Scottish Archery Scottish Archery
Skills Active SkillsActive
SLSGB Surf Life Saving GB
Snowsport England Snowsport England
Snowsport Scotland Snowsport Scotland
Sport & Recreation Alliance Sport & Recreation Alliance
STF School Travel Forum
UKPSF United Kingdom Paintball Sports Federation
UKWA UK Windsurfing Association
WOA Welsh Orienteering Association
YHA Youth Hostels Association

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Outdoor Council Briefing Paper No 67 Aug 2019 Outdoor Council
STF (Adventurous Activities Annexe) School Travel Forum
UK Outdoors Position Statement Aug 2019 UK Outdoors

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OEAP National Guidance Outdoor Education Advisers' Panel
OEAP Main site Outdoor Education Advisers' Panel

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Going Out There Scottish Framework For Safe Practice in Off-Site Visits- includes toolkits for planning visits, worked examples and generic Risk Assessments
Experiences and outcomes guides for outdoor learni Experiences and outcomes coded to enable visit leaders to identify where learning outdoors is most appropriate and valuable .
Outdoor Learning: Practical guidance, ideas and su This resource provides practical, accessible and straightforward advice on how to engage children and young people with learning outdoors. It incorporates ideas for organising learning in the outdoors, for making connections across the curriculum and for
Scottish Outdoor Access Code Detailed guidance on your responsibilities when exercising access rights and if you are managing land and water. The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 sets out where and when access rights apply. The Code defines how access rights should be exercised.

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Travel Health Guidance for Schools NHS Scotland 2017
Going Out There - SAPOE 2015 SAPOE

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Active Reviewing Guide Roger Greenaway
Asdan Awards
Beach Safety (RNLI)
Farms for Schools
Forest Schools
Index to Group Activities
Natural England
NHS Health Care Abroad
Ofsted
Teamwork & Teamplay

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A Guide to High Quality Outdoor Learning and Residential Experiences English Outdoor Council
Connecting with Nature RSPB
Guidelines for Road Safety when Walking with Groups Anonymous
High Quality Outdoor Learning (HQOL) English Outdoor Council
International School Exchanges & Visits: Homestays Association of School & College Leaders
National Parks 8 Point Plan for England 2016-2020 DEFRA
Outdoor Council Briefing Paper 64 Spring 2019 Outdoor Council
Outdoor Council Briefing Paper 65 Summer 2019 Outdoor Council
QCA OAA Year 3-6 Archive QCA
Residentials: The state of school residentials in England 2017 Learning Away / LKMco
Resources to Support Outdoor Learning 2020 SOLD & East Sussex Outdoors
Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation HM Government
A framework for personal, learning and thinking skills Qualifications & Curriculum Authority
A rationale for learning and the outdoors Anonymous
AAIAC UK Ropes Course Guide AAIAC / ERCA
Action, not Words English Outdoor Council
Alcohol & Drugs Policy Anonymous
All Wales Guidance Welsh Assembly Government
Balancing risks & benefits in the outdoors (Powerpoint) Tim Gill
Child Car Seats - RoSPA RoSPA
Child Restraints (DfT 2006) Department for Transport
Child seat belts (Law leaflet) Department for Transport
Children natural rights Gianfranco Zavalloni
Code of Conduct - Example 1 Anonymous
Code of Conduct - Example 2 Anonymous
Code of Conduct - Example 3 Anonymous
Code of Conduct - Example 4 (Residential) Anonymous
Common Sense Comon Safety - Lord Young Report Lord Young / HM Government
Concussion Guidelines for the Education Sector Sport & Recreation Alliance
Cotton Wool Kids Heads Teachers and Industry Ltd.
Countryside Leader Award (CLA) mapped to BEL and LLA Countryside Leader Award
Disability Awareness notes from Calvert Trust course
Environmental Responsibility for Expeditions Young Explorers' Trust
Every Child Outdoors (RSPB) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Expedition Providers' Association (EPA) Code of Practice Expedition Providers' Association
EYFS Effective Outdoor Learning (2007) EYFS
Free-Range Teenagers C. Ward Thompson
Geography in 'the field' Geography Association
Great Outdoors: An Action Report Faculty of Public Health (2010)
Guidance for Overseas Expeditions Edition 4 (2014) GOE Clive Atkins
Guidance on Farm Visits (FACE) FACE
Guidelines for Diving Anon.
Guidelines for Youth Expeditions (YET) Young Explorers' Trust
Improving Young People's Lives Sustainable Development Commission 2010
Including children with disabilities on visits Education Service for Physical Disability
Indoor Trampoline Parks afPE Association for Physical Education
Learn By Doing - DEMOS Demos
Learning Outdoors - everyone's included NAFSO
Learning Outside the Classroom - Ofsted report Ofsted
Minibus Safety - A Code of Practice RoSPA
NfER - Research on Outdoor Learning (2004) NfER
No Fear - Tim Gill Tim Gill
Nothing Ventured - Tim Gill Tim Gill
NUT School Visits - Health & Safety Briefing 2011 National Union of Teachers
Ofsted surveys: Make the link (Powerpoint 2010) Robin Hammerton / Ofsted
Out of Classroom Learning Real World Learning Partnership
Planning and Leading Visits RoSPA
Preventing or controlling ill health from animal contact at visitor attractions (eg Farms) - Advice to Teachers Access to Farms
Preventing or controlling ill health from animal contact at visitor attractions (eg Farms) - Industry Code of Practice Access to Farms
Preventing or controlling ill health from animal contact at visitor attractions (eg Farms) - Summary of Control Measures Access to Farms
QCA Big Picture of the Curriculum QCA
Retention of Records Guidelines Records Management Society
Retention of Records Toolkit Records Management Society
Risk & Play - a literature review Josie Gleave
Safety Education: A Manifesto for Action Institute of Health Promotion & Education
Teacher's Guide to Snowsports Activities Snowsport Forum
The Countryside as a Classroom The Countryside Alliance Foundation
The Impact of Residential Adventure Education on Primary School Pupils Randall Williams
The Rise and Fall of a Regulator: Adventure Sports in the U.K. David Ball et al.
Time for Change in Outdoor Learning English Outdoor Council
Unforgettable Lessons CABE / English Heritage
Young People and the Outdoors Countryside Recreation Network

Lessons Learned Group

What we Are

The Lessons Learned Group (LLG) is a small group of professionals and practitioners in adventure activities, brought together by a common aim to incorporate into ongoing good practice any lessons that can be learned from outdoor incidents. The Group’s intention is to present an objective summary of an incident together with possible lessons. We do not aim to allocate blame or responsibility and our reports represent the views of individual members of LLG and not of any official body. Information not currently available to us may render our comments inaccurate and the lessons identified may or may not have influenced the actual outcome. Any report published has been agreed by at least four individuals within the Group as meeting these aims.


Who we Are

LLG comprises the following:

Clive Atkins Freelance local authority Outdoor Education Adviser, Consultant and Inspector. Chartered Member of IOSH.
Marcus Bailie Head of Inspection, Adventure Activities Licensing Service. Formerly Plas-yBrenin and Tiglin.
Bob Barton Outward Bound Trust Safety Adviser. Formerly Glenmore Lodge and Principal, Outward Bound Eskdale.
John Cousins Executive Officer of Mountain Training UK. Former Director of Training at Plas-yBrenin.
David Crossland Largely retired but previously AALA Senior Inspector and Head of Coventry’s Outdoor Education Service.
Nick Gair Visiting Professor, Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education, Leeds Metropolitan University.


Membership of the group may be expanded in future, but the intention is to stay small enough to achieve effective internal communication.

Members all agree that there is a need for the identification and dissemination of ‘Lessons Learned’ and that the existing routes of information flow were limited in their success. The Group aims to support the case for continuing adventure, and for informed risk management rather than the elimination of all risks.

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Glenridding Beck HSE article (not Lessons Learned Group)

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About the Lessons Learned Group
Case 1 - Zip Wire Lessons Learned Group
Case 2 - Rafted Canoes Lessons Learned Group
Case 3 - Short Roping Lessons Learned Group
Case 4 - Gorge Flood Lessons Learned Group
Case 5 - Zip Wire Collision Lessons Learned Group
Case 6 - Mountain Bike Lessons Learned Group
Case 7 - Long Churn Lessons Learned Group
Case 8 - Climbing Wall Lessons Learned Group
Case 9 - Manchester Hole Lessons Learned Group
Case 10 - Stainforth Beck Lessons Learned Group

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DoE Blue Form Duke of Edinburgh Award
DoE Green Form Duke of Edinburgh Award
Health & safety: Advice on legal duties and powers 2014 DfE
Group Safety at Water Margins Department for Children, Schools and Families
HASPEV Supplement 1 - Standards for LEAs Department for Children, Schools and Families
HASPEV Supplement 2 - Standards for Adventure Department for Children, Schools and Families
HASPEV Supplement 3 - Handbook for Group Leaders Department for Children, Schools and Families
EYFS Statutory Framework 2012 (NO LONGER VALID) DfE
EYFS Statutory Framework 2008 (NO LONGER VALID) Department for Children, Schools and Families
Health & safety: Advice on legal duties and powers 2012 (NO LONGER VALID) DfE
High Quality Outdoor Education HQOE Outdoor Education Advisers' Panel
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