Parental Consent
Parents are asked to complete a number of forms at the beginning of
each new session. This negates the need to continually request
permission throughtout the year.
Among the forms is one relating
to curricular or sporting activities in the local area. Another relates
to the videoing or photographing of pupils and another to music
practise outwith the music room.
Permission will be sought on each occasion pupils are participating in a visit involving travel outwith the local area.
PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE COVER FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
The Local authority provides insurance cover for pupils relative to its liability for any acts of negligence.
However,
there are certain occasions when pupils may be more "at risk" than
others. These occasions arise not from "negligence" on the part of the
Authority but from
non-attributable personal accidents, e.g. during curricular or extra curricular sports or
physical activities.
The
insurance cover of the local authority does not extend to awards of
compensation for damage as a result of such accidents (unless
negligence can be proved) and it is essential that parents are aware of
this.
Insurance cover for pupils to guarantee compensation for non-attributable personal
accidents
is a matter for parental decision and arrangement. Parents may
wish to seek further advice on the availability of such insurance cover
from their personal insurance agent/broker.