When hearing the term ‘Lockdown’, many people envisage a terror attack or other major incident and consider it highly unlikely to affect their school. However, lockdown procedures are not primarily aimed at protecting a school from unlikely terrorist activity. Why would a school lockdown be initiated? There are many reasons why a school may need

With the increasing number of schools in the UK moving towards self-governance by becoming academies and moving away from local authority control, it has become even more important that schools ensure they manage contractors correctly. But this is an area of safety that is often neglected. There have been recent examples of prosecutions against schools

One of the main issues that I come across when working with schools’ is the way that accidents are treated. So to truly understand how to deal with accidents in school you must understand the whole process from incident all the way through to reporting. The usual situation is that an accident occurs within the

The constantly changing guidance around the COVID-19 pandemic means that risk assessments have to be reviewed regularly to ensure the safety of staff and students. Andy Large, Consultant at SafetyMARK, provides some practical guidance on how to manage risk assessments to meet statutory requirements. Managing your risk assessments As the pandemic continues, schools are playing

At SafetyMARK, when we go out to audit schools we get asked about the level of training required for a School Business Manager, Site Manager or Bursar should have to be able to discharge their responsibilities for Health & Safety Management in their school. This article aims to provide some clarity and direct you to