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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 June 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 published one new
guidance document: 4.4r Participants
with Autism (see below) and 10 new
Welsh language translations of existing
guidance. Other guidance documents
have been revised and updated, including:
accommodation and single-sex
facilities, and offers some potential
solutions for how to do this.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Medication UPDATED to include
4.4d
reference to non-prescription
medicines.
TRAVEL
Overseas Visits UPDATED to
7.1r
include reference to government
guidance on the Dover-Calais border
arrangements for school groups
crossing by ferry.
Group Safety at Water Margins
UPDATED with guidance on
water quality and rescuing someone
from the water.
7.2i
GROUPS AND SUPERVISION
Terrorism UPDATED to include
4.4e
information about Martyn’s Law
(see page 9). Visit Leaders should know
about a venue’s anti-terrorism measures
and what to do in the event of an incident.
Transgender Young People and
4.4l
Visits UPDATED following a
Supreme Court judgment (April 2025).
The ‘residential visits’ section advises
that schools should take into account
both biological sex and gender identity
in decisions about residential
Unaccompanied Expeditions
7.1k
UPDATED to reinforce that these
are not unsupervised visits.
8.1s
Coach or Minibus Provider
Statement,
4.5e Hiring a Coach and
Checklist – Assessing a Coach Hire
Provider UPDATED to reference
the DVLA Earned Recognition scheme.
4.5f
PARENTS AND CARERS
Checklist: Parent or Guardian
3.3d
UPDATED additional guidance
on fitness and written consent for
overseas travel.
Places of Worship UPDATED
with guidance on including
educational objectives in information
for parents.
7.1m
NEW 4.4r PARTICIPANTS WITH AUTISM
Participants with Autism helps you to plan and manage visits that
meet the needs of autistic participants. It includes guidance on
understanding autism and how it may present; how to plan inclusive visits;
and how to prepare participants. It also covers considerations for travel,
supervision and working with external providers.
4.4r
Watch our free webinar on Safer Educational Visits for Autistic Pupils for
advice and tips to support your planning at →evolveadvice.co.uk/videos
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DfE POLICY UPDATES
Keeping Children Safe
in Education
This year’s updates
included technical changes
only. The guidance will be
updated later to reflect
outcomes from legislation
and inquiries, e.g. the
Children's Wellbeing and
Schools Bill, the National
Audit on Group-based
Child Sexual Exploitation
and Abuse and subsequent
inquiries, and the Violence
Against Women and Girls
strategy.
→gov.uk/government/
publications/keepingchildren-safe-in-education
Travel
On 12 October 2025, the
European Entry System
(EES) was officially
introduced to control entry
and exit at EU borders. This
means that school groups
travelling to the Schengen
area (most of mainland
Europe) will face new digital
border checks. Learn more
and download resources at
→evolveadvice.co.uk/
latest-news/2025/
ees-toolkit
