Who is responsible for health and safety?
Who is responsible for the management of health and safety in schools and colleges and the respective roles of the employer, governing body, head teacher and other staff of the school.
Duties and responsibilities
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Model health and safety policy for academy trusts
A model health and safety policy for academy trusts, where no such policy is in place or where the existing policy is considered to be inadequate.
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Health and safety in sixth form colleges
The basic framework of health and safety law for sixth form colleges
Buildings and environment
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Advice 
Asbestos in schools
Advice on dealing with asbestos problems in schools, including the law on asbestos removal and management in schools.
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Advice 
School maintenance and construction work
Advice on legal requirements and good practice for construction work in schools and a stage-by-stage guide to the role of safety representatives.
Advice 
Voice care for teachers
Advice for teachers on voice care, including spotting problems, simple preventative measures and information on how and when to seek appropriate specialist help
Advice 
Severe winter conditions and adverse weather
A quick guide on what to do in severe winter conditions or adverse weather.
Classroom temperature and adverse weather conditions
Advice on your legal rights and NEU union policy on the maximum and minimum temperatures under which staff and pupils should be expected to work in schools.
Advice 
Violence and assaults against staff in schools
This model policy sets out how employer will seek to prevent workplace violence in its schools, and the procedures that will be followed if a violent incident occurs.
Advice 
Women’s health and safety
This briefing considers a number of important health and safety issues affecting women school staff and advises how to address them.
Advice 
Tuberculosis in schools
This briefing gives information about tuberculosis (TB) and steps to be taken when cases arise in schools among students or teachers.
Advice
Work Equipment
This briefing outlines the specific health and safety regulations relating to the use of work equipment in schools and colleges.
Advice 
Health and safety for supply teachers
Health and safety issues for supply teachers, including those employed directly by local authorities, schools and academy trusts and those employed via supply agencies.
Advice
Voice care for teachers
Advice for teachers on voice care, including spotting problems, simple preventative measures and information on how and when to seek appropriate specialist help
Advice
Severe winter conditions and adverse weather
A quick guide on what to do in severe winter conditions or adverse weather.
Advice
Stress risk assessment
A stress risk assessment is a careful examination of what in a workplace could cause staff to suffer from work-related stress, so that you can weigh up whether you have done enough, or should do more to prevent harm.
Advice 
Slips, trips and falls
How to reduce the incidence of accidents and injuries in schools due to slips, trips and falls.
Advice
Health and safety in sixth form colleges
The basic framework of health and safety law for sixth form colleges
Advice
Who is responsible for health and safety?
Who is responsible for the management of health and safety in schools and colleges and the respective roles of the employer, governing body, head teacher and other staff of the school.
Advice 
Lifting and handling
Advice on the health and safety issues relating to lifting and handling that school staff face while at work
Advice 
Legionnaires’ Disease in schools
The symptoms, treatments and preventative measures that should be taken in schools to avoid outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease.
Advice 
Administering medicines
Advice for teachers and support staff on the administration of medicines
Advice 
Accidents and injuries at school
Advice on what to do when reporting accidents and injuries which happen in schools.
Advice 
Infectious diseases in schools
General advice about how to manage cases of infectious illness in schools, including when children should be absent.
Advice
The Health and Safety Executive and its relationship with schools
Advice on the role of the Health and Safety Executive in schools
Advice 
Hygiene control in schools
Advice on the appropriate hygiene procedures for schools which will help to prevent the spread of blood-borne viruses such as HIV and hepatitis A, B and C, and conditions such as dysentery.
Advice
Hot weather and classroom temperature
Hot summers bring regular queries about the maximum temperatures under which staff and pupils should be expected to work in schools.
Advice 
First aid in schools
Advice on the requirements for first aid provision in schools
Advice 
Emergency procedures in schools
Advice on the procedures for dealing with emergencies in schools.
Advice 
Facts about asbestos in schools
At least 86 per cent of schools contain asbestos, all of it old and much of it deteriorating. Unless your school was wholly built after 1999, it is extremely likely that it contains asbestos.
Advice
Asbestos in schools
Advice on dealing with asbestos problems in schools, including the law on asbestos removal and management in schools.
Advice 
High classroom temperatures
Supporting NEU members in schools which suffer particularly badly in times of extreme heat.
Advice
Model health and safety policy for academy trusts
A model health and safety policy for academy trusts, where no such policy is in place or where the existing policy is considered to be inadequate.
Advice 
Standards for food safety in schools
NEU guidance on health and safety issues with safe preparation of food in schools.
Advice
School maintenance and construction work
Advice on legal requirements and good practice for construction work in schools and a stage-by-stage guide to the role of safety representatives.
Advice 
Safe use of data projectors
Precautions to be taken to avoid discomfort and possible damage to the eye when using data projectors
Advice 
Dust
Advice on what employers need to do to protect staff from the problems caused by wood dust and MDF dust.
Advice 
Classroom ergonomics
The issues around ergonomics in classrooms and good practices for school staff.
Advice 
School car parks
Frequently asked questions in relation to staff car parking on school premises. It includes information on provision of school car parks, charges for car parking, car park safety and malicious damage to cars.
Advice 
Anaphylaxis in schools
A guide to what anaphylaxis is, and how to support pupils at risk
Advice 
Animals in education and guidance on farm visits
Advice on the main health, safety, welfare and legal factors surrounding animals in schools.
Advice 
Diabetes in schools
Information and guidance for school staff to support the uninterrupted education of children with diabetes.