Because LOtC offers so many benefits, most educators would like to spend more time teaching their students outside the typical classroom setting. However, many can’t offer LOtC to their students as often as they would like because of the various obstacles in the way.
Just one of these obstacles is the issue of school transport – and, more specifically, the bureaucracy, legalities, paperwork, and costs that come with acquiring a school minibus (reported to be the most desired LOtC transport option).
Which is why, as a company which supplies school minibuses, we are sponsoring LOtC Week – to support schools in overcoming at least one of the obstacles to offering regular LOtC, in the hope that your students will be able to enjoy more LOtC in the future.
As sponsors of LOtC Week we have put together a wealth of information on acquiring a school minibus (including information about the practicalities, legalities, paperwork, and costs involved) which is easy to navigate and even easier to understand:
- Who can drive
- Operator’s Licence – what types are there and do you need one?
- Seatbelts – the rules
- Taking a minibus abroad
- Towing with a minibus
- Tachographs – what are they and do you need one?
- Signage for School minibuses
- Safety inspections and MOT’s – what are the rules and recommendations?
- Driver training
- Additional reading and information sources
To see this information all in one place, please do visit www.learningoutside.info.
On the LOtC Week website (www.learningoutside.info) you will also find information on the benefits of LOtC, as well as how your school can get involved with LOtC Week which is set to take place between 27th June and 1st July 2016.
Furthermore, the team here at Benchmark Leasing have for some time been working hard to create the most convenient minibus leasing packages especially for schools – evolving the arrangement through feedback, primarily from administrators and school managers.
To see these minibus leasing packages, please do visit www.minibusleasing.co.uk or call us on 01753 859944.