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Health and safety guidance for alternative provision

You may wish to consider engaging the services of a competent health and safety consultant to support you to ensure your provision is safe.

Overarching guidance

For all employers

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

For education provision

H&S: responsibilities and duties for schools (DfE)

Health and safety policies

For all employers

HSE - H&S policies

For education provision

DfE – H&S policies

Risk assessments

For all employers

HSE - risk assessments

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue service - risk assessments

For education provision

DfE – assessing and managing risks

Accident reporting

For all employers

HSE - reporting accidents and incidents at work

HSE - RIDDOR

For education provision

DfE - recording and reporting injuries and accidents

Fire safety

For all employers

HSE - Fire safety

Gov.uk – Fire safety in the workplace

Gov. UK – Fire risk assessments

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue service - business safety

Manual handling

For all employers

HSE - Manual handling

HSE – Manual handling risk assessment

Hazardous substances

For all employers

HSE - Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

First aid

For all employers

HSE - First Aid

HSE – First Aiders

HSE – First Aid box

HSE - Portable appliance testing (PAT)

For all employers

HSE - PAT testing

We would expect testing to be undertaken at least 6 monthly following on from a risk assessment in that environment considering the users, frequency of use etc. to comply with the IET 5th edition COP.

Working at height

For all employers

HSE - work at height

Water hygiene and legionella

For all employers

HSE - The control of legionella bacteria in water systems

Asbestos surveys

For all employers

HSE - Asbestos surveys

Educational visits

For education provision

DfE - H&S on educational visits

Medical conditions

For education provision

DfE - supporting pupils with medical conditions

Dealing with a minor head bump/injury

  • a child or young person given an assessment and treatment either by emergency first aid trained staff or a qualified first aider
  • no indication or likelihood of a more serious head injury developing was found
  • the pupil remains in AP and given a head injury monitoring wrist band to wear
  • the parent/responsible person is notified of the minor incident
  • they should be given guidance to observe the child or young person for a subsequent head injury developing which will then require them to either call the NHS help line 111; take the child to hospital or phone 999 for an ambulance as required
  • as the child or young person remains in AP, this can be recorded on a minor injury log/form stating the treatment given to the pupil and the parent/responsible person informed. If the child subsequently deteriorates and is taken to hospital, a full accident form must be submitted later

Source: Dorset Council First Aid at Work Guidance and Code of Practice