TourTrust
TourTrust is Adaptable Travel's comprehensive school tour safety system, designed with the well-being of your students at the heart of every educational trip.
Why Not Learning Outside the Classroom (LotC)?
We have historically held the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge since 2011. We take all areas of Health and Safety very seriously and operate a rigorous Safety Management System relating to all our educational tours. We recently decided to part ways with the School Travel Forum, and, as they are the awarding body of the LOtC Quality Badge, we are currently unfortunately unable to renew our badge from January 2024 onwards.
Our safety management system is TourTrust, and you can ask for the audits for your trip at any time.
In addition, we have a very experienced and established management team who can complete all required External Provider Forms by return.
What is TourTrust?
A school trip takes far more than educational planning. TourTrust is how we check the accommodation, coaches and visits in your package, and it gives you clear information for your own risk assessment.
Commitment to Safety and Excellence
Continuous Improvement and Feedback Mechanisms
Transparency to help teachers comply and have peace of mind
Empowering Teachers
Your Risk Assessment, Our Information. Your school owns the risk assessment for your trip. We give you the information to support it.
Audits and Risk Information for Your Trip
Your TourTrust folder holds the safety audits and risk information for your accommodation, coaches and visits. We send it around three months before you travel, or sooner if you ask. Use it to support your own risk assessment. It doesn’t replace it.
Simplifying School's Risk Assessment Process
Clear Information, Ready When You Need It. Your risk assessment takes time. Our information is clear and in one place, so you can focus on what only you know: your students and your staff.
Peace of Mind for Teachers and Parents
Clear Answers for Your SLT and Parents. You can see what we check and what stays with your school, so you can answer their questions with confidence.
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Transport Safety
Coach Companies
Stringent Selection and Safety Standards: We partner with coach companies that adhere to rigorous safety standards and have a proven track record for reliability. UK coach companies complete our TourTrust coach audit. Outside the UK, our local agents confirm each company’s insurance and operator’s licence in writing.
Regular Maintenance and Safety Checks
Coaches we use undergo frequent maintenance and comprehensive safety checks to ensure the utmost safety and comfort during travel.
Qualified & Experienced Drivers
Each journey is entrusted to highly qualified and experienced drivers, committed to maintaining the highest road safety standards.
Accommodation Safety
Suitable Accommodations
We select accommodations based on criteria, focusing on safety, location, comfort, and suitability for student groups.
Regular Safety Audits
Every hotel, hostel or centre completes our TourTrust audit before we use it, and again at least every three years. You’ll find the audit for your accommodation in your TourTrust folder.
Choice of Options
We will provide you a range of accommodation options at quotation stage to choose the suitable option for your group.
Excursions
We place every excursion in our packages into one of four categories. The category decides which checks we carry out and what information you receive.
Level 1 Activities
Locations, attractions, buildings or sites (not involving water immersion) that are regularly open to the public and where students are more involved with looking rather than doing.
View our Level 1 Statement here >
Level 2 Activities
Locations, attractions, buildings, or sites (not involving water immersion) where there may be potential issues relating to the environment, process, or activity. Students may be directly involved in an unfamiliar activity.
View our Level 2 Statement here >
Level 3 Activities
Venues or events that involve an element or activity requiring specialist instruction or training and may involve equipment. For example, outdoor and adventurous activities, riding and caving.
View our Level 3 Statement here >
Water Immersion Activities
Attractions and venues that specifically feature water immersion. For example, swimming pools, water parks and spas.
View our Water Immersion Statement here >
Comprehensive Safeguarding Policies
Adaptable Travel follows best practice standards as detailed by both the NPSCC and the Department of Education and regularly reviews and evaluates its practices to ensure continuous learning and improvement.