The EVC Magazine Spring 2025 - Flipbook - Page 24
Land and Wave School Trips
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
A MARK OF QUALITY
The educational visits sector has become increasingly
professional over time as sector organisations and
membership bodies were created to support individuals
and companies working in outdoor education. The
Outdoor Education Advisers’ Panel (OEAP) played an
instrumental role, introducing early guidance in 1988, as
well as the first formal training for EVCs and Visit Leaders
in 2004, and National Guidance in 2012.
The launch of the LOtC Quality Badge in 2008 was a
key milestone, providing schools with an easy way to
identify high-quality learning providers. Other awards
and inspection programmes from organisations such as
AHOEC, School Travel Forum and AALA are now linked to
Quality Badge recognition, ensuring a joined-up approach
to setting and monitoring high standards across different
types of visit. See pages 32–33 for more information
about these schemes.
l First formal
training for
EVCs and
Visit Leaders
(OEAP)
l HASPEV
guidance
(DfEE)
l HASPEV
Supplements:
Standards
for LEAs;
Standards for
Adventure;
Handbook
for Group
Leaders
l Group
Safety
at Water
Margins
guidance
(DfES and
CCPR)
l LOtC Quality
Badge for
providers (DfE)
l Expedition
Providers
Association (EPA)
Assessment for
Quality Badge
l Guidance
for Overseas
Expeditions
‘GOE’
l Corporate
Manslaughter
and Corporate
Homicide Act
2007
l School
Travel Forum
Assessment for
Quality Badge
l AHOEC
Gold Standard
Award Scheme
l The AAIAC
AdventureMark
1998 2002 2003 2004 2007 2008 2009
Legislation
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Guidance
Inspection
Training
Award
