Health and safety and site security

Codes of practice and risk assessments
Codes of practice and risk assessment documents for schools to download and adapt.

Key message

Visitor control:

ensure that all visitors sign in and out and are issued with a visitors badge
ensure that all visitors are given the appropriate safety briefing i.e fire procedures
ensure that there are procedures which will allow staff to challenge visitors not escorted and that children know how and when to report strangers on the school site

Access control:

ensure that there is an effective means of access control and that a safe and secure boundary is maintained, i.e. automated gates, access controlled doors etc
ensure that access to areas within the school is restricted to allow only authorised personnel or escorted visitors to enter

Visitors and contractors on site

all visitors and contractors allowed on site must be authorised and escorted at all times or have a Enhanced CRB check

Adult supervision

ensure that the appropriate levels of adult supervision is maintained at lunch/breaks/play/etc times
ensure that appropriate levels of safeguarding controls are maintained at the beginning of the school day when children and parents enter the school and at the close of the school day when parents pick up children

Policies and risk assessments

ensure that all policies and procedures are relevant and up to date: i.e. bullying, child protection, contractors working on school sites etcetera

Further information

Critical incident manual

Health and safety handbook

Safer school officers