School Sport Unit

SPORT SAFETY GUIDELINES AND EXTERNAL PROVIDERS

Sport and physical activity occur as part of all schools' weekly sport and physical education programs. It may also occur as part of school excursions, camps and end of year activities.

The Department’s Sport Safety Guidelines must be used when schools are developing risk management / assessment procedures for their students’ participation in sport and physical activity programs. 

These Guidelines – available at the School Sport Website

Specific Sections include

• Policy and Guidelines Information
• Sport Safety Guidelines including
  • Mandatory requirements for all sport and physical activity
  • Specific sport and physical activity guidelines – risk assessments for common sports and physical activities
  • Risk management procedures and sample consent forms
  • Future information – covering ambulance cover, asthma in sport, concussion, external providers, inclusion, infection control, liability etc.

Important Note for Principals regarding External Providers

External providers can be used as part of a school’s sport and physical activity program to provide extension activities above normal teacher / school expectations.

External providers must never hold the duty of care of students, a teacher must be present to provide supervision.

This supervising teacher must be employed by one of the NSW education sectors (DoE, CEC, AIS) on the day of the activity.