Young country diary: Always follow the countryside code
Berkshire: I thought the school trip was going to be boring but then I learned about the code, and now I’m on the eco-committee
April 2023
Lords committee urges end to Brexit barriers for musicians and young people
Chair says small changes could make big difference to cultural and educational interests on both sides of Channel
October 2022
British teachers found not guilty over death of girl, 12, on French school trip
Jessica Lawson from Wolfreton school near Hull died in July 2015 when pontoon capsized in lake near Limoges
September 2022
Teachers are being asked to wring water from a stone – and school trips are the first things to go
Lola Okolosie
Now headteachers face a stark choice: cut staff or days out, says teacher and writer Lola Okolosie
December 2021
Loss of school trips to the UK has been a Brexit tragedy
‘Almost unsaleable’: slump in school trips to UK blamed on Brexit
June 2021
School trips to UK from EU could halve as Brexit hits cultural exchanges
Exclusive: loss of young Europeans on pupil visits will cause major reputational damage to UK, warn tour organisers
May 2021
Coroner in Ana Uglow inquest will write to schools to raise sepsis awareness
No ‘gross failings’ by teachers found in Bristol Grammar School pupil’s death during school trip to New York
March 2021
'We've fallen off the radar': outdoor centres in crisis over lack of Covid help
Allow school trips in summer term, UK outdoor education centres say
February 2021
Letter from a curious parent
Dear Gavin Williamson, pupils are not the only ones who need to 'catch up'. You do, too
Michael Rosen
Please reassure us schools will be safe and you will soon be on top of the GCSE and A-levels situation this year
December 2020
Outdoor education centres warn of risk of closure due to Covid
Inner-city and vulnerable children ‘the silent sufferers’ if government in England and Wales does not help
October 2020
Ban on overnight school trips threatens 15,000 UK jobs, ministers warned
Generation of children missing out on life-changing benefits, say parents, schools and industry
June 2020
Schools angered by holiday firm's failure to refund cancelled trips
PGL argues the law requiring tour operators to refund consumers for cancelled holidays does not apply to school trips
November 2018
Free education is disappearing before our eyes
Afua Hirsch
Parents: share your views on school trip costs
April 2018
British school group taken ill with 'gastro virus' on US trip
Pupils and staff from Crookhorn College, Hampshire, recovering at their hotel in Washington
August 2017
‘We felt we had no option’: school trips halted over terror fears
Charities are worried about the number of schools cancelling cultural outings, just when they are needed more than ever
June 2017
My daughter's school trip was cancelled after the terror attacks. It's not ‘business as usual’
Afua Hirsch
My daughter was excited about her class outing to the Tower of London – until parents asked for it to be cancelled. So much for keeping calm and carrying on
April 2017
What I'm really thinking
What I’m really thinking: the school-trip teacher
Sometimes I think I have performed a kind of miracle, being a parent to so many
