You may need volunteers to make up numbers on school trips
Use your risk assessment, and any guidelines set by your local authority or trust, to help you determine the adult to child ratio needed to carry out the trip safely.
If you don't have enough staff, consider using parent or carer volunteers to meet the ratio you need.
Download our template letter to recruit volunteers
Send out your request via email or through your parent/carer communication platform.
Ask for help as early as possible to increase your chances of finding volunteers.
If you run the same trips each year, consider sharing the request with all parents and carers at the start of the year or at parents/carers' evenings.
You and your staff will be best-placed to assess which parents/carers you think will be safe and competent. Decide based on
