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Hi - I'm new to this forum and I am emailing with the hope that somebody may be able to answer a query I have regarding a child protection issue. I work in a visitor attraction as the Education Officer and we welcome thousands of primary school children each year. As part of our overall visitor package we have a movie theater that seats 38 people. When we have school groups booked in with us their visit consists of the following: A self guided tour around the exhibition (with all of our guests who are general members of the public) A taught session in our purpose built education suite - open to the public but can be booked out in advance for use by primary school groups A room to have their lunch in - booked out in advance for the primary school A visit to our other site where we have 2 further exhibitions (self guided, open to the public) A time slot to watch our film in the movie theatre. Just recently, a couple of teachers have raised a query that the movie theatre has members of the public in it at the same time as the school. We don't actually book this out for sole use by the school because, if the school group is 20 children plus 3 adults, there is then the capacity for 15 members of the public to watch the film at the same time and it makes sense for the theatre to be full for the showing of the film (it only lasts for 10 minutes). All of the children are accompanied at all times by teachers and parents/leaders. This is the first time we have had this query raised in over 2 years that we have been showing the movie. My query is, where do we stand in terms of the primary schools using the movie theatre at the same time as the general public? As I mentioned above, their visit around the exhibitions are with the general public so not quite sure how this is different to watching the show in the movie theatre. Do we simply need a disclaimer on the entrance to the theatre stating that it is used by all guests visiting our attraction? I just want to ensure we are following correct guidelines. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated! Shelley Ruck GEM Member + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +