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NATIONAL GUIDANCE
Updates, revisions and new guidance
for Educational Visits Coordinators
Staying on top of the latest national guidance can be tough when you’re busy. We’ve put
together a selection of key guidance updates since November to help you keep track.
For a full list of updated guidance from OEAP National Guidance, visit
→oeapng.info/downloads/download-info/table-of-amendments
Since our last edition, OEAP National
Guidance has revised eight guidance
documents. A further 24 documents
have been translated into Welsh. Other
documents had minor updates to wording
or links. Key updates are listed below:
SAFEGUARDING
Vetting and Disclosure and
3.2g
Barring Service (DBS) Checks
UPDATED to clarify the meaning of
regulated activity.
Parental Consent and Informing
Parents UPDATED to make clear
that the withholding of medical consent
does not apply only to blood transfusions.
4.3d
VISIT EMERGENCIES
Model Critical Incident Plan
4.1i
for Employers UPDATED. This
version should be used going forward.
TRAVEL
Overseas Visits UPDATED with
7.1r
information about EES and ETIAS,
the MOANA system at Dover and
collective passports. Further updates
include: a new section about visits to the
USA, updates to the section on parental
consent and on staff competence.
SUPERVISION
Mobile Field Monitoring
8.1a & 8.1c
Form UPDATED to refer to
‘number of staff’ instead of ‘staff ratios’,
emphasising the need to have sufficient
staff for the group.
Always refer to the latest version of
OEAP National Guidance, available
for free online at →oeapng.info
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Latest guidance from the Department for Education
The move towards
phone-free schools
Government guidance on
mobile phones in schools
has been updated to support
schools in becoming phonefree environments. In relation
to residential visits or
activities outside the school
day, government guidance
is to ‘consider prohibiting or
restricting their use’. See page
21 for more information.
→gov.uk/government/
publications/mobile-phonesin-schools
Gender guidance to sit
within KCSIE
A consultation on school
safeguarding guidance, Keeping
Children Safe in Education
(KCSIE) 2026, is underway
(closing 22 April). Proposed
guidance on children who
are questioning their gender
has been included in the
KCSIE update, putting it on a
statutory footing. The proposals
include guidance on
sharing residential
accommodation
and facilities.
Keeping Children Safe in
Education 2026 (DfE) →gov.
uk/government/consultations/
keeping-children-safein-education-proposedrevisions-2026
New allergy guidance will
'transform allergy safety
in schools'
The government will update its
statutory guidance, Supporting
Pupils at School with Medical
Conditions, to include a focus on
allergy by September 2026.
The guidance will require
schools to have a dedicated
allergy policy; named individuals
responsible for allergy safety
arrangements; and whole-school
allergy training. All children
with allergies that need active
management will need to have
individual Healthcare Plans.
Learn more →theallergyteam.
com/allergy-guidance-forschools/
