Bryan Slater Director of Education	Distribution
	The Headteacher and Chair of Governors of all Schools

The attached document is provided for your information:

INFORMATION	Title	LEA Guidelines Document for Educational Visits
	Summary of contents	New LEA Guidelines and Procedures Document release date into schools.
	Associated documents	None
	Date	1 July 2003
	Effective from	Immediate
	LEA Contact	Martin Radmore	(	01603 433276
	E-mail address	Martin.radmore@norfolk.gov.uk
	Norfolk Self Review reference	7. How well is the school led and managed?
	Document reference	MI 145/03

To the Headteacher and Chair of Governors of all Schools

Dear Headteacher

LEA Guidelines Document for Educational Visits

Almost all schools in Norfolk have now been represented at the LEA’s training for Educational Visits Co-ordinators (EVC). We have established a register of EVCs using information given to us at the training. Where schools have not identified an EVC we assume that the Headteacher takes on that responsibility. Should a school need to train an additional member of staff to fulfil this role they should contact the LEA to arrange training so that the register can be updated accordingly.

During this training colleagues were informed about and shown draft copies of the LEA Procedures and Guidelines document which will be issued to all schools. Because of the very comprehensive nature of this document, it proved difficult to prepare it for printing in time to meet the original target date. Rather than rush the document to you at the end of a very busy term, I propose to rearrange its distribution for the beginning of September.

We will also adjust our implementation plan, so that 1 January, 2004 will become the date from which we will ask schools to plan their visits using the new framework. In the meantime it is expected that all visits will be carried out using the DfES Guidance Health & Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits (1998):

Part 1 Standards for LEAs in overseeing Educational Visits (2002)

Part 2 Standards for Adventure (2002)

Part 3 A Handbook for Group Leaders (2002)

(All these documents are available either from www.teachernet.gov.uk or by telephoning DfES Publications on 0808 100 50 60).

North Norfolk Coastal Cliffs and Educational Visits

North Norfolk District Council have contacted the LEA to pass on the concerns of local residents that school groups do not seem to be fully aware of the continuing potential of cliff failure and are going too near the cliff edges. This is particularly pertinent at Happisburgh. Schools may be using these areas for a variety of off-site activities and need to be aware of local concerns and hazards. Please consider this aspect in your Risk Assessment for off-site work.

Schools should not go near cliff edges in this area, or their bases or allow pupils to scramble on their slopes.

Yours sincerely

Dr Bryan Slater