Travel safety
Advice for students, hosts & staff regarding a student’s arrival in Jersey
Most of the young students studying at St Brelade’s College need to travel to Jersey from other countries. Parents, hosts and staff play an active role in ensuring the safe travel of young students to Jersey. The below policy has been created to safeguarded them on their journey.
Safe travel policy
- Children arrive in Jersey by aeroplane or ferry and mostly travel without their parents.
- 4 weeks before arrival all children will receive their homestay/residence details and St Brelade’s College emergency contact numbers.
- Children under the age of 16 years are required by Condor Ferries Policy to travel with an adult aged 18 years or above. St Brelade’s College provides a chaperone service of one chaperone per 15 children. A Chaperone Manager (Enhanced DBS checked) is employed to manage our team of chaperones en route and will take overall responsibility, making any decisions regarding the welfare of the children in the group. Chaperones are required to wait with children at their destination until picked up by a parent, guardian or school representative. Children aged 15 years or above may be allowed to leave the group on arrival without being met by a parent or guardian if specially arranged in advance with St Brelade’s College, on the parents’ request. If any children are not met by their respective parent or guardian, the Chaperone Manager will take responsibility for the child and take the necessary steps thereafter.
- All children will be met on arrival at the airport or harbour by a responsible adult (host or school representative) who will be holding a St Brelade’s College arrival placard with their name on. All hosts/residence managers will receive arrival details one week in advance of arrival via email. If hosts are unable to collect their student on time, it is the responsibility of the host to make contingency plans in order to ensure the child is met on time (e.g. a trusted family friend/relative could be asked or in emergency, call St Brelade’s College emergency contact numbers).
- Hosts/school representatives may be required by boat/airline companies to produce valid photo ID when collecting a child.
- If a boat/flight is delayed, it is the responsibility of the host/school representative to wait with the child until departure. If the departure is cancelled, options include taking the child back to the original accommodation and notifying the school or if this isn’t viable, contacting the school in order to arrange alternative accommodation.
