Teacher Duty of Care when PE is taken by 3rd Party Outside School

TimHorton

Who would be liable if an Injury occurs during a PE class that takes place outside school property and delivered by someone who is not on the teaching staff, Parents were unaware of this.

The class teacher remained at the school.

campo

I would imagine the school would be liable

lifeandtimes

Obvious question but why are students being taken off school grounds during PE by someone who is not school staff?

During school hours the school are responsible for the children and must take due care for them, allowing a non member of staff take them off school grounds is really irresponsible and they leave them self open to lawsuits for any injury occurred

the_syco

TimHorton wrote: »

Who would be liable if an Injury occurs during a PE class that takes place outside school property and delivered by someone who is not on the teaching staff

If not on the teaching staff, who vetted them?

TimHorton

the_syco wrote: »

If not on the teaching staff, who vetted them?

Not sure but I would be assume that the person was vetted.

Gatling

A bit more detail might help op

Is this a regular thing organised through the school ,like going to a local centre for a specific sport or activity not available in the school

TimHorton

Gatling wrote: »

A bit more detail might help op

Is this a regular thing organised through the school ,like going to a local centre for a specific sport or activity not available in the school

Location is adjacent to school, No notes home re: Who/Where the PE was taking place , Teacher walked class over to location and left them there with 3rd party as teacher had to return to school to supervise another sick pupil.
Accident took place and injured pupil was escorted back to school by another pupil.

the_syco

TimHorton wrote: »

Location is adjacent to school, No notes home re: Who/Where the PE was taking place , Teacher walked class over to location and left them there with 3rd party as teacher had to return to school to supervise another sick pupil.
Accident took place and injured pupil was escorted back to school by another pupil.

The location should have insurance. If not, sh|t gets real

seagull

It would be interesting to know what happens to any school insurance policy in the absence of the teacher. There's typically some degree of cover for activities off the school premises, but would it be invalidated by the teacher not being there?

Claw Hammer

If the injury happened through negligence, the school would be liable. It would be up to the school to join any other party it may feel caused or contributed to the injury. The school would have to hope that its insurance cover was adequate and that it complied with the terms of the policy. It can well happen that children are brought to a swimming pool where there are trained lifeguards on duty and a teacher is not present the entire time. Unlikely the school would be negligent if an accident happened in the swimming pool. Every case would have to be judged on its facts.

Pat Mustard

TimHorton wrote: »

Location is adjacent to school, No notes home re: Who/Where the PE was taking place , Teacher walked class over to location and left them there with 3rd party as teacher had to return to school to supervise another sick pupil.
Accident took place and injured pupil was escorted back to school by another pupil.

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