Taking your pupils out on a trip can seem like a legislative nightmare. There are so many risk factors that you need to consider, and rightly so – to keep your pupils and staff safe when leaving school premises.
What is often overlooked, however, is the transport that is used for these trips – something that should be at the top of your checklist.
For example, are you aware that to drive a minibus (not for hire or financial reward) the driver needs D1 entitlement on their driving licence? And that while drivers who passed their car test (category B) before January 1, 1997, automatically received this entitlement, if the drivers passed their test after this date the D1 category would not have been granted.
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