Prepared by the Health and Safety Executive, the advice reduces previous guidance from 150 pages to just eight with the Department for Education saying it will ensure precautions put in place are proportionate to the risks involved.
According to government, many schools wrongly believe that written risk assessments totalling up to 100 pages must be completed for every activity that takes place outside of school and that teachers must ask parents to complete written consent forms for every school trip or visit.
Education Secretary Michael Gove said: "Children should be able to go on exciting school trips that broaden their horizons. That is why we are cutting unnecessary red tape in schools and putting teachers back in charge.
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