Parent or Carer Consent

Website Created: July 21, 2006
Page Last Updated: September 19,2011

Purpose of this policy

To ensure that schools obtain informed consent from parents or carers, for their child to participate in an excursion.

Schools must obtain written consent from parents or carers for school excursions, for the school to:

take the student out of the school environment for a day excursion
have the student in its care after normal school hours on an overnight excursion
obtain parent or carer authorisation:
- for the financial costs of the excursion
- for any adventure activities that may be undertaken during the excursion
- for students to be sent home from an excursion in the event of serious misbehaviour and for the costs of the student’s return to be the parent or carer’s responsibility
- that if needed the school can consent to emergency medical treatment
enable the parent or carer to alert the school to any medical conditions or allergies.

Schools must:

give parents or carers, who are to sign consent forms, sufficient information about the excursion to enable them to make an informed decision
tell the parent or carer the:
- nature of the proposed activity
- degree of supervision
- risks involved
keep the consent forms at the school
ensure that the teacher in charge of the excursion takes a copy of each consent form on the excursion, for excursions requiring school council approval.