Health & Safety Policy

Aim

Objectives

To establish and
maintain a safe
and healthy
environment.

1. To raise awareness amongst students and other site

users of health and safety issues and to encourage
good practice.
2. To take all reasonable precautions to protect
peoples health & safety on and off the school site.
3. To take prompt and appropriate action in the event
of accidents and emergencies.

Procedures
Governors

Headteacher

Deputy Headteacher & Teaching

Team Leader

Business Manager

Make sure that all colleagues know when

and how to complete risk assessments
and do so as required.
Complete risk assessments for students
giving particular cause for concern.
Check that new staff plan for health &
safety.
Promote staff attendance on appropriate
courses.
Ensure that new colleagues know how to
organize letters & meetings and to gain
parental permission for all trips and visits.
Promote student awareness of health and
safety through your own lessons and
dealings with students elsewhere.

Allocate the resources needed to address

the issues raised by the annual H&S
Inspection.
Monitor the work of the Site & Catering
Managers.
Ensure H&S procedures for contractors are
followed.
Oversee completion of reports to H&S
Executive.
Complete written records for colleagues
absent for 3+ days as a result of accident
or stress.
Make sure that the Admin. Team carries
out its functions efficiently:
visitor registration, badges and briefings;
accident reporting;
and First Aid rotas and boxes.

Site Manager

Catering Manager

Nominate a Governor with responsibility for

Health & Safety who will:
take part in the annual health and safety
inspection;
monitor the allocation of resources to
support the resolution of health & safety
issues;
ensure that health and safety matters are
prioritised within the School Development
Plan.
bring health and safety issues to the
attention of the Governors as appropriate.
and monitor the effectiveness of this
Policy..

Give Health & Safety the highest of priorities

by:
allocating sufficient resources to H&S
priorities;
enlisting LA support & advice as
appropriate;
taking part in the annual Health & Safety
inspection;
ensuring that staff involved in practical
activities and off site visits know how to
complete risk assessments and other
relevant documentation, and do so;
and ensuring that staff and students know
their roles in the effective management of
evacuations and critical incidents.

Complete risk assessments as appropriate.

Carry out a daily check of the site. Be
alert to issues surrounding the use of
practical areas.
Make sure that the minibus is checked

Make Health & Safety a key priority for the

Catering Team:
include health & safety in new staff
induction;
ensure colleagues are appropriately

weekly.
Carry out weekly fire tests, including the
alarms and fire extinguisher. Maintain Fire
Book.
Prioritise and process Maintenance Forms.
Ensure cleaners and visiting contractors
are fully briefed on health and safety
issues. Monitor their work for potential
concerns.
Be alert to lone worker issues.
Carry out monthly water temperature
tests.
Ensure that the annual testing of electrical
equipment has been completed.

trained;
and produce necessary H&S guidance
& notices .
Promote student awareness of health and
safety, identifying and explaining issues as
necessary.
1. Maintain an accurate inventory of all
equipment and resources, ensuring that
scheduled maintenance and checks have
been carried out. .
2. Oversee completion of risk assessments
and ensure that they are carried out when
necessary.
Ensure that all hazardous equipment is
appropriately marked.

Teacher of Practical Subjects

Technicians

Know and apply special Health & Safety

measures required to work safely in your
area.
Make sure that you have thought through
and completed risk assessments for all
potentially hazardous activities:
for a subject like PE, this will mean
designated procedures and approaches
for each sport;
in Science, particular experiments may
need their own risk assessment to
enhance
normal
procedures
and
practices;
in Resistant Materials a tidy working
area, with plenty of clearly marked
space around hazardous equipment is
essential; so too is adult supervision at
all times;
and in Catering, youngsters need to be
drilled in the safe use of ovens & other
electrical equipment as well as
procedures for hot pans and movement
around the room.

Give the Schools Health & Safety and

Safeguarding policies & procedures the
highest priority:
read up on, attend necessary training
and become expert on the Health &
Safety requirements for all the areas in
which you work;
make sure that you follow regulations
to the letter in your own work;
and make sure that electrical & other
equipment is appropriately maintained
& checked.
Check that teachers and other adults
working in your area have similarly high
standards, explaining / reminding them of
Health & Safety procedures as necessary.
Challenge students when they are in
breach of health & safety expectations,
pointing out potential risks as well as the
correct practices & procedures.
Report concerns to your Curriculum Team
Leader and/or the Business Manager.

All Staff

Students

Take Health & Safety seriously, modeling

the adult, responsible approach we expect
of everyone.
Follow the procedures for reporting
accidents and enlisting First Aid support.
Know and apply any special Health &
Safety measures required to work safely
your own area.
Complete risk assessments for all
potentially hazardous and off site
activities.
When taking students off site, make sure
that all other documentation is completed
appropriately.
Be aware to issues in your working area,
reporting concerns and defects on

Take Health & Safety seriously. Always

behave responsibly and in a way that does
not put your own or other peoples Health
& Safety at risk:
walk sensibly in and around the
building, keeping to the left in/on busy
stairways and corridors, being helpful
and courteous at all times;
follow all safety rules and procedures,
particularly in PE, Dance, Design
Technology and Science lessons;
and observe standards of dress
consistent with health and safety
and/or hygiene;
Know what happens during an emergency
evacuation, walking sensibly to the
assembly point and following the

Maintenance Forms and returning them to

School Office.
Reinforce health & safety issues with
students. Make sure they understand and
respect the reasons for particular rules
and procedures.
Know evacuation procedures & the
Emergency Action Plan well, so students
see your confidence in what may turn out
to be crisis situations.
Never cut corners or take risks with Health
& Safety.

instructions given by staff.

Familiarise yourself with how fire
extinguishers and the emergency boxes
work, but remember that it is an offence
to play with or vandalise them.
Be alert to potential problems and issues.
Report your concerns at Reception rather
than assuming everything is as it should
be.