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Health and Safety Policy

This policy includes our Statement of Intent, our organisational
structure of responsibilities and the methods by which we will
achieve a safe working environment for staff, pupils and visitors Back to top

INTRODUCTION

Every business that employs five or more people must have a written Health and Safety Policy. This is a legal requirement. Although the Children and Young People?s Directorate (CYPD) has a safety policy it is important that individual schools have their own policy so that responsibilities are clearly understood.

Your Health and Safety Policy will state your intention to work safely and should be a useful tool to help your school achieve its objectives.

Your school is unique. This booklet will allow you to produce a policy that is tailored to the way you work. Please remember that the list of health and safety issues shown in this booklet is not exhaustive, add any others that are relevant to your work.

If there is not enough space in this document please attach copies of all relevant documentation. Back to top

MAKING THE POLICY WORK

Everyone working in your school, from the Headteacher to new members of staff has their own responsibilities. Involve people that work with you so that everyone understands their responsibilities and can act on them. It is a legal requirement to communicate your safety policy to all employees. Back to top

HELP AND ADVICE

Advice on any health and safety matter can be obtained through the Education Departments Safety Advisers or other relevant LEA staff. Some useful telephone numbers are attached to the policy. Back to top

POLICY STATEMENT

The Governors and staff at Manor Lodge Community Primary School are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for all users of the school.

Our vision statement is ?Learning for Life ? Aiming High!?

At Manor Lodge we aim to:
enable all children to fulfil their potential
provide a happy, safe and stimulating environment where every child?s contribution is valued
help children to respect themselves and others
promote children?s enthusiasm for learning by providing an exciting and challenging curriculum
support children?s understanding of themselves as learners and develop their capacity for enquiry
encourage children to learn independently and in co-operation with others
allow all children to realise and share their talents
create a sense of community in which children can adapt and evolve to its changing needs
encourage all pupils to achieve their full academic and social potential;

Quite clearly these aims can only be fully realised within a physical environment that is both a safe and healthy place to work. This in turn can only be brought about by the dedicated co-operation of all within the school. Health and safety at this school is an area where governors, headteachers, staff, safety representatives and parents share common objectives. It is vital that we all understand each others duties, functions and responsibilities as well as our own because it is only by the co-operation and teamwork of everyone involved that health and safety objectives in school can be achieved. Back to top

AIMS

- To ensure that the school is always a safe and healthy place in which to work.
- To regularly monitor and review safety procedures throughout the school.
- To raise awareness among all users of the school as to their responsibility for themselves and others. Back to top

RESPONSIBILITIES

1.Overall responsibility for the management of health and safety in the school is
that of:- Mrs Cath Whittingham (Headteacher)
and the school governors (see list attached).

2.Responsibility for overseeing the daily monitoring of health and safety in the school buildings and the school grounds is that of:-
Mrs Cath Whittingham (Headteacher)
Mr Robert Weger (Buildings Supervisor)

3. All those who work in our school have the responsibility to do what they can to
take care of themselves, their colleagues, pupils and visitors. In particular
employees should co-operate with their managers.

4. We will ensure adequate consultation takes place between managers and
employees to allow everyone to contribute to safe working. This will be done in
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GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The Governors Will:
- Ensure that adequate funding is provided from the school budget to enable the school to be organised and run in a safe and healthy manner.
- Where funding for particular hazards is the responsibility of the CYPD, the governors, through the headteacher, will inform the CYPD of the problem and assess the hazard in order to render the problem area safe.
- Deal with any health and safety problems brought to them by the headteacher, staff or parents, through their termly meetings or any emergency meetings which may be called due to unforeseen circumstances.
The Headteacher Will:
- Ensure that health and safety is incorporated into the planning and organisation of all school functions.
- Carry out suitable and sufficient assessments of hazards and risks to staff members, pupils and other visitors and users of the school. Further, to act upon those assessments in order to reduce risk.
- Ensure the provision of adequate training, instruction and supervision.
- Provide necessary information to staff members and their representatives on health and safety matters.
- Ensure that staff members who are delegated to carry out particular tasks are competent and fully aware of their responsibilities.
- Investigate any accidents or near misses and bring these, along with any other health and safety problems, to the attention of the governors.

All Staff Members Will:
- Ensure that safe working practices are adopted at all times whether in school or on educational visits.
- Ensure that they are fully aware of their responsibilities and follow any Codes of Practice produced by the school or CYPD.
- Bring to the attention of the headteacher any accidents, near misses, dangerous equipment or situations which may occur whilst in school or on educational visits.
- Report to the headteacher any problems which they feel that they cannot deal with themselves. Back to top

ACCIDENTS

Even in a well run school, accidents may still occur. This is how we deal with them.
- All accidents to our staff or pupils will be investigated to find out what happened and how any similar incident can be avoided.
- The Headteacher will ensure that accidents are investigated and that major accidents which are reportable to the Health and Safety Executive are reported using the Form F2508.
- All accidents will be recorded by the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher or Assistant Headteacher, using the form in the Accident Report Book which is kept in the Medical Room. The white copy of the form should be sent to the Health and Safety Section, Education Directorate, 125 Carterknowle Road, Sheffield, S7 2EX. The yellow copy of the form must be removed from the book and stored in a secure place (file in the office).
- Any accident reports will be examined by the Headteacher to see what lessons can be learnt and how similar incidents can be avoided.
- The CYPD Code of Practice (D2) will be adhered to following an accident Back to top

RISK ASSESSMENT

Risk Assessments are a legal requirement. They must be recorded in the CYPD?s Generic Risk Assessment booklet or on the CYPD?s standard form, and must be kept on the school premises. Risks should be assessed periodically and also any new process or change in circumstances will require an updated assessment. Educational visits also require a written risk assessment

The following CYPD booklets are completed annually in the Autumn term:
Generic Risk Assessments for Primary Schools, Nursery Schools & Young Children?s Centres 2005-2007
Foundation Stage Risk Assessment Booklet 2006-2008
Fire Risk Assessments for Schools 2004-2006

It is the Headteacher?s responsibility to ensure that risk assessments are carried out. However the Headteacher may request the assistance of competent staff in carrying out a risk assessment.

Shown below are the names of the staff assisting with the assessment process as well as details on when they will be carried out and our updating systems:

Mr Robert Weger (Buildings and Premises Supervisor).
- Health and safety check of school building and school grounds as part of morning and evening tour of premises every day
- Participation in completion of risk assessment booklets during the autumn term each year
- Organising all statutory health and safety checks, including fire extinguisher checks and electrical equipment tests, as required

Teaching Staff
- Daily informal risk assessment of own classroom, with health and safety issues resolved/reported appropriately
- Completion of risk assessments relating to educational visits (see Educational Visits Policy)

Office Staff
- Annual risk assessment relating to office work environment, including ICT equipment

Governing Body: Finance and Premises Committee
- Chair of Finance and Premises Committee to participate in annual completion of risk assessment booklets alongside the Headteacher and Buildings Supervisor during the autumn term
- Completed risk assessment booklets to be made available to the Finance and Premises Committee at the meeting following their completion
- Finance and Premises Committee to tour a section of the school or grounds at the beginning of each committee meeting, such that the whole of the premises is visited during each school year
- Headteacher report to Governing Body to reference health and safety issues as necessary Back to top