Tuberculosis in Schools
This briefing gives information about tuberculosis (TB) and steps to be taken when cases arise in schools among students or teachers.
Vermin and pest control
This briefing lists the most common sorts of school infestation, together with control measures that should be in place in all schools.
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.
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.
Tuberculosis in schools
This briefing gives information about tuberculosis (TB) and steps to be taken when cases arise in schools among students or teachers.
Work Equipment
This briefing outlines the specific health and safety regulations relating to the use of work equipment in schools and colleges.
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.
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
Severe winter conditions and adverse weather
A quick guide on what to do in severe winter conditions or adverse weather.
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.
Slips, trips and falls
How to reduce the incidence of accidents and injuries in schools due to slips, trips and falls.
Health and safety in sixth form colleges
The basic framework of health and safety law for sixth form colleges
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.
Lifting and handling
Advice on the health and safety issues relating to lifting and handling that school staff face while at work
Legionnaires’ Disease in schools
The symptoms, treatments and preventative measures that should be taken in schools to avoid outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease.
Administering medicines
Advice for teachers and support staff on the administration of medicines
Accidents and injuries at school
Advice on what to do when reporting accidents and injuries which happen in schools.
Infectious diseases in schools
General advice about how to manage cases of infectious illness in schools, including when children should be absent.
The Health and Safety Executive and its relationship with schools
Advice on the role of the Health and Safety Executive in schools
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.
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.
First aid in schools
Advice on the requirements for first aid provision in schools
Emergency procedures in schools
Advice on the procedures for dealing with emergencies in schools.
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.
Asbestos in schools
Advice on dealing with asbestos problems in schools, including the law on asbestos removal and management in schools.
High classroom temperatures
Supporting NEU members in schools which suffer particularly badly in times of extreme heat.
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.
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.
Standards for food safety in schools
NEU guidance on health and safety issues with safe preparation of food in schools.
Safe use of data projectors
Precautions to be taken to avoid discomfort and possible damage to the eye when using data projectors
Classroom ergonomics
The issues around ergonomics in classrooms and good practices for school staff.
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.
Anaphylaxis in schools
A guide to what anaphylaxis is, and how to support pupils at risk
Animals in education and guidance on farm visits
Advice on the main health, safety, welfare and legal factors surrounding animals in schools.
Diabetes in schools
Information and guidance for school staff to support the uninterrupted education of children with diabetes.
Press release
National Education Union and British Lung Foundation launch air pollution health advice for schools
With more than 2,000 schools and nurseries across the country located close to roads with illegal levels of pollution, the National Education Union (NEU) has joined forces with the British Lung Foundation (BLF), and today publish guidance warning school staff and pupils about the dangers of air pollution.
Event
Health & safety adviser briefing
The 2019 Health and Safety Advisers briefing will be held from 20 – 22 November at the McDonald Hotel in Manchester, near to Manchester Piccadilly Station.