I work in secondary education and there are situations where consent forms are sent out for all and sundry local and what could be termed normal activities such as visiting the supermarket to take pictures of films for media studies. I cannot see why a global consent form for these sort of activities which are planned for the year and could be viewed as part of the normal curriculum is a problem. There would have to be details on the form of the expected activities. Dartmoor on the other hand would not be one and I am not sure that this is what Lord Young would be meaning as this is certainly of a different order of hazard to a trip into town. Surely there is more of an issue relating to the teachers conduct on the day rather than the paperwork completed before the event. Interesting to know that there are more accidents on local trips than on extensive trips because the leaders see them as safe and do not put in the effort to make assessments realisitic.