• Teachers said that having an obligation on them to attend residential trips would be a significant change to their terms and conditions which would need proposed amendments to the SNCT Handbook to go to the SCNT tripartite body for agreement. 1 • One teacher said they had a ‘heavy heart’ in relation to the Bill as it has good intentions however there were too many unknowns on how it would work in practice and it is not clear how teachers would cope with increased demands. • Concerns were raised that teacher/pupil ratio numbers for out-of-school activities are currently 1 to 10 for mainstream classes and if the Bill became law, greater numbers of staff would be required to support additional support needs and behaviour of concern. • Teachers said residential trips tended to be staffed by younger staff members with no parental or caring responsibilities or temporary staff who felt they would be more likely to gain a permanent contract, as well as those looking for career advancement- which raised equality issues. • One teacher said the majority of primary school teachers are female, many with primary caring/parental responsibilities, and expressed concern regarding making it a requirement to attend a week-long residential trip. • Teachers talked about increased violence against staff - which would have an impact on any requirement to offer residential trips to every pupil.