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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  How are schools coping with the coronavirus crisis?

  Teaching Schools

  • Mark Hayhurst talks to headteachers and school leaders about the problems and solutions caused by COVID-19
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  What does ‘restraint and reasonable force’ mean

  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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  Keep hands clean in schools to stay healthy

  Regulations

  • Chris Brooks examines how to prevent illness outbreaks and promote hand hygiene in primary schools...
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  How to Contain Viral Outbreaks

  Health and Safety

  • A number of the children and some of your colleagues all seem to have ‘come down with something’ – what should be your next move?
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  Disability Access and the True Meaning of ‘Reasonable Adjustments’

  Health and Safety

  • Concerns over the costs of making ‘reasonable adjustments’ are often misplaced, says Lesley Mifsud
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  “Everyone is Passing the Buck” – Assessing the Scale of the School Asbestos Problem

  Health and Safety

  • Lucie Stephens describes what led her to campaign for the removal of asbestos in schools – and why the present situation resembles a ticking time bomb...
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  School Data in a Post-GDPR World

  Regulations

  • One year one, what difference has GDPR made to schools’ daily operations? Dr Richard Harrold weighs up the protections it affords with the work it’s made...
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  School Trips – How Prepared Are You in Case of Emergency?

  Health and Safety

  • That upcoming trip might be a great day out for the pupils – but how prepared are you, in case the worst should happen?
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  Are You on Top of Your Infection Control?

  Health and Safety

  • Emma Hammett highlights the measures schools can take to limit the impact of contagious infections...
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  Appointing a ‘Responsible Person’ is Vital to a School’s Fire Prevention and Protection

  Fire Prevention