Should there be a Quality Badge for self-employed individuals working with young people outside the classroom?

The DCSF has charged Cape UK with the task of canvassing views on the value of establishing a Quality Badge for self employed individuals involved in Learning Outside the Classroom. This could be relevant to many different kinds of professionals: the dance practitioner working regularly in a school hall; an artist working with a group of pupils on a school grounds project; the instructor leading an adventurous expedition; the actor facilitating role play in a historic building; the farmer taking livestock into a school…

A Quality Badge is already available to organisations engaged in developing authentic learning experiences for children beyond the classroom door; see www.lotcqualitybadge.org.uk for more information. It endorses organisations operating with good quality assurance and risk management procedures and thus makes it easier for schools to identify who they would like to work with.

The survey has now closed, however further information from the ongoing consultation and the final report will be posted here, so please check back soon. We would also like to thank all those who assisted us by responding to the survey.

Thank you