Note: Child Performance Licences (also known as Child Licenses) are no longer required by any performers, due to a change in legislation. All performers will be covered by a BOPA (Body of Persons Approval), which will be obtained by the Festival Committee. However, Headteacher Approval will be required if time is taken out of school, see below:

Headteacher Approval Requirement

Headteacher Approval is required if all of the following are true:

• The performer was born on or after 1st September 2008 (i.e. under 16 years of age on 1st Sept 2024).
• The performer attends school
• The performance is not being organised by their school
• Absence during the school day is required

If so, Headteacher Approval MUST be obtained and brought to the Front Desk of the Festival on arrival.

Headteacher Approvals will be checked at the Festival, and any performer without the required documentation will be turned away. The local authority will inspect the Festival for compliance.

How to Gain Headteacher Approval

Parents must ask their child’s headteacher to give approval for their child’s absence from school. Please ask the school to also send a copy of their email reply to info@cfpa.org.uk (or forward a copy of the email to info@cfpa.org.uk).

Parents must also bring a copy of the email, or have it available on their phone, to show at the Front Desk on arrival at the Festival.

Chaperones

A chaperone is required for all children born on or after 1st September 2008 (i.e. under 16 years of age on 1st Sept 2024).

A chaperone may be

• A parent
• A teacher
• A licenced chaperone