School Self Audit Tool PART 2 – Risk Assessment Checklist

School Name
Address
Name & Job Title of Person(s) Completing Audit
Name of Head Teacher Signature of Head Teacher
Date of Completion

Introduction

This Risk Assessment Checklist is part of the School Self Audit Health & Safety Review and provides a checklist to help ensure key risk areas in school have been considered and written risk assessments completed. It is recommended that the School Self Audit Tool PART 1 - Health & Safety Review is completed first.

The Self Audit Tool is designed for a council maintained school. In Academy/Trust schools etc., where the Council is not the employer, contact the service appointed as the schools ‘Competent Safety Adviser’, as required under legislation, for help and advice.

Further information on safety issues, the Council’s policies, procedures and guidance (and part 1 of this self audit), are available on the Occupational Safety website http://www.bradford.gov.uk/hands/ If you have any queries, please contact the Occupational Safety Team on 01274 431007 or email Occupational.Safety@bradford.gov.uk

Please send a copy of the completed audit, parts 1 and 2, to Occupational.Safety@bradford.gov.uk

Below is a list of key areas for risk assessment in schools. This is not a comprehensive list – you may identify other risk areas in your school (and there is space at the end to add these to the checklist).

Please note – if the school is not directly responsible for school maintenance, the Senior Management Team must still liaise with the contractor and ensure the appropriate risks have been assessed.

Are suitable & sufficient risk assessments completed for the following?	Y/N/NA
Fire Safety
Hazardous Substances (COSHH) Note –a suppliers safety data sheet is not a COSHH assessment.
First Aid Needs Assessment
Stress
Manual Handling Objects Pupils
New and Expectant Mothers at Work
Lone Working
Violence to Staff at Work
Office Safety
DSE (computer) work – teaching and non-teaching staff (including laptop use)
Using Work Equipment
Slips and Trips (indoors and outdoors)
Working at Heights (including access to roofs, unboarded loft spaces and sports equipment such as large climbing frames and climbing walls) by authorized persons by unauthorized persons
Premises external areas (including grounds maintenance, steps/paths, lighting, fencing and gates)
Legionella
Asbestos
Contractors working on site
Catering / Kitchens / Dining Areas
Cleaning
Vehicle movements on site / traffic routes
Curriculum areas with specific risks e.g.: - Art/Design/Technology Physical Education/Sports Science
School Visits / Trips / Outdoor Activities
Minibus use
Staff driving whilst ‘at work’
Playground (including supervision; fixed playground equipment)
Swimming Pool
Work Experience / Extended Placements
Volunteers helping in school

NB. Some assessments may require higher levels of competence depending on the complexity and extent of the risk. Subject areas such as Legionella, Asbestos and Fire Safety could require extra advice which can be obtained from the appropriate teams within the Council.