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11 August 2010
We're very proud to announce we've been accepted as an entrant to The Good Web Guide's Website of the Year! See thegoodwebguide.co.uk for details....

05 July 2010
The School Travel Company is delighted to have given 50 schoolchildren the opportunity to learn outside the classroom with a FREE visit to West Midlands Safari Park. The prize was awarded as part of ABTA's 60 years competition to design a postcard and was awarded to a pupil at D'Eyncourt Primary School. Congratulations to them from all of us here!

14 June 2010
Lord Young of Graffham has been appointed to bring some 'common sense' back into Health and Safety - including on school trips. He said that "We get teachers not taking pupils out on day trips because of all of the forms they have to fill in. My job is to really put commonsense back in and deregulate it.” You could of course choose to travel with an LOtC Quality Badged organisation and cut down the number of forms that way....The School Travel Company has the badge - and we've been involved from the very start.

8 June 2010
Scotland's Childrens Commisioner has said that not taking pupils and looked-after children away from the classroom and giving them challenges 'breaches their rights and undermines healthy development'. Read the full article here.

1 June 2010
Following the election, the new Government has decided to rename the Department for Children, Schools and Families to the Department for Education. There has not yet been any word on the propsals for school trips, but as soon as there is, we'll let you know through these pages!

16 April 2010
School trips have been badly affected by the volcanic ash and the grounding of all flights. The School Travel Company's 24 hour emergency cover system is coping well and all affected groups are now on their way home by other means....

22 March 2010
The Outdoor Education Advisors Panel (OEAP) has released a statement that endorses the LOtC Quality Badge. They've also said that schools travelling with a company that has the badge needn't fill out any forms! Naturally, The School Travel Company has held the badge since it was introduced....

3rd March 2010
'Rarely-Cover'. The Telegraph today quoted a DCSF spokesman on the rarely cover provisions; “Rarely cover is there to ensure that teachers do just that – rarely cover – allowing them to be freed from tasks which do not require their professional skills and expertise, and to focus on teaching. “Learning outside the classroom should be an integral part of every child's education and personal development, and provision for it should be included in school calendars and timetables."

23 November 2009
After four years of exceptional growth, The School Travel Company today unveiled its new website. As well as being the fastest growing school trip provider in the UK, we're also the ONLY British Safety Council approved training centre in the school travel market. Manager Tim Chadwick said - "Every single member of our staff is a qualified Health and Safety practitioner. Along with our Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge, I hope this will help reassure teachers that we can offer them a safe, properly risk-assessed and affordable school trip for their pupils"