Outdoor Education Advisers' Panel
advice, support & monitoring of visits & outdoor learning
ISA checks not to include short exchange visits Sun 13th Dec  08:33
Review of Vetting and Barring Scheme to not include Exchange Visits. OEAP and the English Outdoor Council have lobbied for exchange visits not to be included and this is a significant step forward
Rules requiring about 11 million people working with children to register with a new agency and have criminal records checks are to be watered down. Schools Secretary Ed Balls has accepted recommendations of a review he ordered into the vetting and barring scheme for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The checks will now involve only those working with the same children once a week, not once a month, for example. It is thought the new rules will apply to about two million fewer people.
The minimum age of registration is being changed so that it does not include 16, 17 and 18 year olds in education who help out with school activities. And parents who host children on exchange visits of less than 28 days will no longer need to register
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