Service Description: Queries about Child Entertainment Performance Licences can be addressed to the Business Support Team (Schools and Learning) at County Hall. A Matron or Chaperone is the title of the licensed person appointed to protect, control and care for children whilst they are performing. For more information, and applications forms relating to Chaperone Licenses please use the additional weblinks below.
Also known as:- Chaperone Licence, Matron Licences, Performance Licenses, Performance/stage licences for school age children, Stage Licences
Answer: All children below statutory school leaving age, including those who have not yet started compulsory schooling, require a licence to perform in entertainment. Note that this includes photographic and live ‘modelling’. To obtain a licence application and further information please contact Education Welfare.