BTA’s pilot is designed around child welfare, appropriate adult supervision, clear escalation and the principle that a child can pause or stop.
Parents or authorised school staff remain responsible for supervising child participation. Activities must be age-appropriate, low risk and stopped if a child is distressed, unwilling, unwell or unsafe.
A child’s assent matters alongside adult consent. Participation should never depend on pressure, reward that undermines free choice or completing an activity at the expense of wellbeing.
Any safeguarding concern must be recorded and escalated through the agreed pilot route. Immediate danger should be reported to the relevant emergency or statutory service rather than through a routine website enquiry.
School partnerships will define designated safeguarding contacts, responsibilities, information sharing and escalation before activity begins. Safeguarding practice will be reviewed during pre-pilot validation.