Its ok to quote acts but it still leaves a big hole were the school or teacher are not covered, which makes my point. I understand the act and understand that one reason they are not covered is because they cover the commercial side.
I pay my kids school when they go to do outdoor activities. Sounds commercial to me.
Im all for reform if it brings schools/teachers onto the fold. At the moment the aala seem to think the best way to keep people safe is to only regulate the commercial side of the business, ie those they can get £750 from.
You have to quote the act and regulation as they are the documents and legal basis which the AALA operate within.
Reform of the AALA will not bring teachers etc into the fold it will remove the audit of the Commercial providers and replace it with a voluntary code of practice. So is the system better?
In an ideal world from a specific view point what you'd want is all organisations that are providing any form of outdoor activity to u18's to have some form of independant audit of their capability to deliver safe activities and an audit of their safety systems.
This would include all voluntary organisations such as Scouts, Schools, Cadets, youth groups etc.. What effect would that have on provision of activities for young people?
If you have concerns or questions about provisions you school is making for your children with EOTC you can ask for qualification info from your school principle or write to your board of govenors.
Ultimately you as a parent have to be happy that your children are being taken care of.