School trips and cost

£55 is good value considering it is overnight. The coach or transport to take the students there won't be cheap. There is the price of the food and accomodation as well.

As part of my job I arrange school trips, and I can tell you the school won't be making a profit. If anything is costs the school because if teachers need their lessons covering by a supply teacher while they are out on the trip this has to be paid for by the school.

Students who receive free school meals may well have the trip paid for them by the school because it is for eductional purposes and not just a nice day out but this will be paid out of the Pupil Premium money the school receives for FSM students.

It would be like asking the NHS to pay for your travel to a Hospital appointment.

Reminds me of a scene from Rita sue and bob too

It would be like asking the NHS to pay for your travel to a Hospital appointment.

The nhs does pay for travel to appointments !

The nhs does pay for travel to appointments !

Not for the majority!

Low income families may get help with school trips.

Low income families may get help with travel costs to hospital appointments.

£55 for overnight accommodation, food and specialist instruction.

 

Sounds like a bargain to me.

You are joking right? The specialist instruction has already been paid for in the teachers salary, and accomodation etc and food will cost nowhere near that for a large group outing.

You are joking right? The specialist instruction has already been paid for in the teachers salary, and accommodation etc and food will cost nowhere near that for a large group outing.

On many such educational visits you have to employ and thus pay the staff at the centre, especially where outdoor work is concerned, in other words, the specialist instruction is not always provided by the group's own teachers. To feed and house a school group, even in a Youth Hostel, works out at approx £25-£00 per child for one night, then there is the cost of transport and insurance.

Schools are not allowed to make a profit from these events.

As I said in another post.

Some time ago the Guardian ran a piece called "How much does it cost to raise a child?" an interesting read for those who intend to have children. A child is for life, not just for school trips.

http://www.theguardian.com/news/data...ising-children

You are joking right? The specialist instruction has already been paid for in the teachers salary, and accomodation etc and food will cost nowhere near that for a large group outing.

If it is a residential centre, they will have their own specialist staff as well as having their own equipment to maintain. Add on food, transport, insurance etc etc. £55 is pretty cheap really.

As others have said, these trips are almost always trailed in options information, so if you don't want to go...

 

As others have said, these trips are almost always trailed in options information, so if you don't want to go...

That may be so, but taking GCSEs and going to school are not optional.

That may be so, but taking GCSEs and going to school are not optional.

Taking GCSEs is optional.

That may be so, but taking GCSEs and going to school are not optional.

Then they pick a GCSE which involves absolutely no spending whatsoever.

In fact, why do people bother having children at all. They just cost too much money right? Maybe you think the state should pick the up the tab for people who choose to breed.

God sake. £55 is piddle all for a trip with accommodation, travel and meals.

If parents cant afford that for a one off school education trip they have a serious problem. Even more so when the government, which provides all this free education, also gives parents £13-£20 each week in benefit for each child.