What should a school trip consent form include?

Permission for the specific trip, medical and allergy information, two emergency contacts and a signature. Trip-specific rather than blanket consent, because a swimming trip and a museum visit are not the same decision.

Can parents sign a consent form online?

Yes. A signature question captures a drawn signature with the submission, which is what most schools need alongside the consent tick boxes.

How do I chase missing consent forms?

Check who has responded against the class list and send one reminder with the link. A form that works on a phone in thirty seconds is returned far faster than a sheet of paper in a bag.

Can staff see medical details during the trip?

Yes. Export the responses before you go, or open the dashboard on a phone. Keep the export to the staff who need it and delete it when the trip is over.

Is this school trip consent form template free?

Yes. Use it, publish it and collect answers on the free plan with no card. Paid plans add things like payments, scheduling, removing our badge and your own domain, but none of them are needed to run this form.

Do I need an account to use it?

You need one to edit and publish, because the form has to live somewhere and the answers have to come back to you. Signing up takes about a minute and does not ask for a card. The people filling your form in never need an account.

Can I change the questions?

All of them. The template is a starting point, not a fixed form: add, remove, reword and reorder anything, change the look, and use logic so people only see the questions that apply to them.

Can I put it on my own website?

Yes. Embed it in a page you already have, or share the link. On a paid plan you can serve it from your own domain so the address says your name rather than ours.

Where do the answers go?

Into your dashboard, where you can read, search and export them as CSV. You can also have each response emailed to you, pushed to another tool with a webhook, or sent to a connected integration.

How long does this form take to fill in?

About 3 minutes as it stands, across 8 questions. Every question you cut brings that down, and shorter forms get finished more often.

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School trip consent

A signature block gives you a record you can actually produce later. Medical information is asked for plainly because a trip is exactly when it's needed.

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Questions: 8
Takes about: 3 min
Style: One page
Scoring: None

Free, no card. It lands in your workspace as an editable draft.

Worth knowing

Consider turning on the PDF attachment so parents keep a copy.
The welcome screen and the intro text above the first question carry example turnaround times, policies and promises. Rewrite them as yours before you publish — they are the part respondents take literally.

What's in it

Consent for the trip
Welcome screen
Please read before signing Give a contact who will be reachable on the day of the trip · T…
Rich text
1
Student's name*
Short text
2
Class or year group*
Short text
3
Parent or guardian name*
Short text
4
Emergency contact number*
Phone
5
Medical conditions, allergies or medication
Long text
6
Can the student swim?
Yes / No
7
Consent*
Consent
8
Sign here*
Signature
Thank you
Ending

How to use this template

Open it as a draft
Press "Use this template" and it lands in your workspace as an editable form with all 8 questions already in it. No card, and nothing is published until you say so.
Cut what you do not need
Every question you remove is one fewer reason to abandon the form. It takes about 3 minutes to fill in as it stands, and that is the number worth protecting.
Add from the question bank
Pick what you are missing from the questions below. Drag any of them in, change the wording, and use conditional logic so people only see the ones that apply to them.
Share it, or put it on your own site
Publish to get a link, or embed it in a page you already have. Answers arrive in your dashboard, and you can send them on to anywhere else with a webhook or an integration.

32 school trip consent form questions to choose from

A consent form is a legal record and an operational one at the same time. It has to be complete, it has to be signed, and the staff on the trip need the medical section on a phone, not in a filing cabinet.

Chasing the last four forms is the real job. A form that works on a phone in thirty seconds is how you avoid it.

The trip and the student

What is the student's full name?
Which class or year group?
Which trip is this for?
What are the dates?
Do you give permission for your child to attend?
Will they travel with the school or make their own way?
Who will collect them on return?
Have you read the trip information letter?

Medical information

Does your child have any medical conditions?
Do they take any medication? What, when and how much?
Will they bring it with them, or should staff hold it?
Do they have any allergies? How severe is the reaction?
Do they carry an EpiPen or inhaler?
Do they have any dietary requirements?
Do they get travel sick?
When was their last tetanus vaccination?

Contacts and consents

Who is the first emergency contact during the trip?
What is their number, and are they reachable all day?
Who is the second contact, if the first cannot be reached?
What is their number?
Do you consent to emergency medical treatment if you cannot be reached?
Do you consent to photographs being taken on the trip?
May those be used publicly, or internally only?
Do you consent to the activities listed in the information letter?

Practical and sign-off

Is there anything about your child's needs the staff should know?
Does your child need any support with mobility?
Does your child have any additional needs we should plan for?
Is there anything that would make the day easier for them?
How will payment be made, if there is a cost?
Name of parent or carer completing this form
Signature
Date

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