Emails on this subject prompted me to check our own arrangements.
Portsmouth Social Services have advised us that children under 8 may be left
at the museum
without a parent for activities of less than two hours. Also it is possible
to run up to 5 whole day activities in a year
(and presumably any number of hours up to a whole day) without needing to
register the premises
or the group leader with social services.
It I would guess desirable for most museums to avoid registration, as from
September of this year all registered
sites will come under the auspices of OFSTED and thus yearly inspections.
Rachel Rhodes
Schools and Young Visitors Officer
Royal Marines Museum
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