Health and Safety

Safeguard the staff and pupils at your school. We help you keep up to date with the latest safety regulations, ensure training is high quality and relevant, and all risks are properly identified and assessed.

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  Legionella control in schools – A guide to TMV management

  Water

  • Jim Perry explains how to align scalding risk, stagnation prevention and governance through structured risk assessments
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  First aid in schools – Are you prepared for a choking incident?

  Safety Training

  • There is one emergency that can unfold silently, escalate within minutes and is often overlooked when schools review emergency preparedness, says Eric Banagan
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  Procurement processes – A new era of transparency and flexibility

  Construction

  • Amy Shelley examines how The Procurement Act 2023 has affected schools...
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  Consolidating processes for better financial management

  Utilities

  • A central services team can help schools to ensure that they are operating as efficiently as possible
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  School playground equipment – All about safety regulations

  Construction

  • Playgrounds need to be exciting and stimulating, but also safe. Christopher Brown explains how to strike the right balance...
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  Reasonable force – What does it actually mean in schools?

  Regulations

  • Anthony David considers what it actually means when we say that schools are entitled to use ‘restraint’ and ‘reasonable force’...
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  When to call an ambulance – Student injury and illness

  Health and Safety

  • It’s not always clear how seriously a child’s been hurt, says Emma Hammett, but knowing what to look for can be a big help...
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  Safeguarding record keeping – How effective is yours?

  Health and Safety

  • When Ofsted judges schools to be ‘not effective’, it’s often down to a lack of detail, says James Simoniti...
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  Risk management in schools – How to take a strategic approach

  Health and Safety

  • Strategic risk management can help you identify, assess and reduce key risks at your school to protect staff, pupils and objectives, says Laura Williams...
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  Broken bone symptoms – What to look for in school

  Health and Safety

  • Breaks, sprains and dislocations often can’t be seen, but there are some visible indicators