Episode 6 - Risk Assessment (but not as you know it!) Part 1

Join us for Episode 6 of The Safer Schools Podcast where we discuss how you can approach the task of managing risk assessments within your school - talking through some of the key challenges faced and how you can overcome them, including:

• Setting a clear Risk Assessment Policy
• When is a risk assessment required
• How you can ensure good coverage of risk assessments across your school
• Who should complete the risk assessments; and
• What format to use.

We also discuss various guidance documents and templates to assist you with the above.

As this is such a massive topic, this episode is Part 1 of 2, so don't forget to subscribe in your podcast app to receive a reminder about Part 2 on Friday 5th April 2024.

So, if you’re a Bursar, Estates Manager, Health & Safety Manager, School Business Manager, Head of Department, or indeed ANYONE responsible for overseeing H&S or risk assessments in a school, then this is the episode for you!

Let’s start a conversation on how we can make our schools safer!

 

Questions, comments, suggestions for topics? This is your Podcast too...

Drop an email to: info@pearsonwebb.co.uk

 

We've provided links below to the various guidance documents and other resources referred to in this episode:

Boarding House Risk Assessments: Pearson Webb Consulting Launch New Keeping Boarders Safe Training Course: https://www.pearsonwebb.co.uk/news/boarding-house-risk-assessments-launch-of-new-keeping-boarders-safe-training-course/  
Department for Education (DfE) guidance document on School and College Security: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-security 
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guidance on Stress and Mental Health at Work: https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/ 
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) example stress risk assessment: https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/assets/docs/learning-with-care-risk-assessment.pdf 
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guidance on managing risks and risk assessment at work: https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/ 
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) webpage for schools and education: https://www.hse.gov.uk/education/ 
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Risk Assessment template (downloadable Word version): https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/assets/docs/risk-assessment-template.odt 

 

Intro/outro music: Phello / No Signal / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Intro/outro music voiceover: Eloise Pearson (aged 4 years)