Managing safety and safeguarding abroad

This session explores how schools can confidently deliver overseas visits while meeting rising safety and safeguarding expectations. Drawing on 20 years’ experience and sector leadership, it outlines what effective safety management looks like, clarifies school and provider responsibilities, and highlights how STF-accredited partners reduce risk—offering practical guidance and reassurance to support safe, successful international travel.

Your speaker

With 20 years’ experience in educational travel, Kelly Wigley is Operations & Customer Relations Director at Rayburn Tours and Chair of the School Travel Forum. She plays a key role in shaping, auditing, and improving safety standards across the sector, supporting schools to deliver safe, high-quality overseas visits with confidence.