With a prevailing and increasingly risk - averse culture in schools (as the headlines over banning leapfrog and conkers show) it poses the question why 22 per
cent of school trip organisers have previously opted for the DIY approach when arranging school trips?
With the School Travel Forum 2015 Survey of over 2,000 secondary school teachers showing that 22 per
cent of school trip organisers are still opting to make their own travel arrangements and bypass the quality, safety and financial security benefits of travelling with an assured provider, going forward it is our role to win over those teachers who are still unaware of the technical and professional support that is at their disposal.
Worryingly, statistics from the STF's 2015 survey showed that 22 per
cent of school trip organisers opt to make their own travel arrangements and bypass the quality, safety and financial security benefits of travelling with a badged provider.
Not exact matches
A Premier News Hour poll found 67 per
cent of listeners would not stop their child from visiting a mosque for a
school trip.
Benefits to
School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subject
School Life Looking at the lasting impact
of LOtC experiences in terms
of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that
school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subject
school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per
cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a
school trip based on the subject
school trip based on the subject area.
Confidence and well - being The improvement
of social skills following a successful
school trip is dramatic; Learning Away's recent survey
of UK
schools found that 87 per
cent of students felt more confident trying new things, whilst 60 per
cent of teachers noticed increased confidence, resilience and well - being.
Learning Away's recent survey showed that 64 per
cent of teachers have concerns over safety and risk when organising a
school trip, whilst liability was rated a burden by 56 per
cent of teachers and paperwork was seen as a barrier by 48 per
cent of respondents.
Furthermore, the proportion
of schools using a specialist
school ski operator to organise their skiing
trip has increased, with over 90 per
cent of schools choosing to make their own travel arrangements.
Fortunately, there is a shift towards greater reliance and awareness
of the organisation and also the LOtC Quality Badge, with 72 per
cent of teachers surveyed in 2015 stating that STF membership would be either likely to influence or be an essential pre ‑ requisite in their choice
of school trip provider.
According to the 2016 STF ski
trip survey, the number
of UK secondary
schools choosing to take pupils on annual ski
trips rose to 62.8 per
cent, up from 43.3 per
cent in 2014.
Information compiled by the
School Travel Forum highlights that for 64 per cent of teachers, safety and risk are a concern when organising a school
School Travel Forum highlights that for 64 per
cent of teachers, safety and risk are a concern when organising a
schoolschool trip.
A telling finding from the STF 2015 Awareness Survey, was that 95.5 per
cent of the 2019 secondary
school teachers surveyed viewed 24/7 emergency support whilst on tour as an essential or important requirement when booking a
school trip.
Fortunately, there is a shift towards greater reliance and awareness
of the organisation and also the LOtC Quality Badge, with 72 per
cent of teachers surveyed in 2015 stating that STF membership would be either likely to influence or be an essential pre-requisite in their choice
of school trip provider.
The recent Learning Away survey found that 67 per
cent of teachers felt that they lacked support when it came to planning a
school trip.
Learning Away's recent survey
of UK
schools found that as a result
of going on a
school trip, 87 per
cent of students felt more confident trying new things, whilst 60 per
cent of teachers noticed increased confidence, resilience and wellbeing in their students.
Indeed, 96.6 per
cent of secondary
schools currently take residential
trips, with each organising an average
of 2.6 a year, so figures prove that the educational benefits
of LOtC are valued by the majority
of teachers.
Encouragingly, our recent survey has shown that 81.3 per
cent of schools said that they run the same amount or more
trips compared to two years ago.
In 2011, almost 14,000
schools went on
school trips organised by STF members, an estimated 85 per
cent of tours booked through tour operators.