Health, safety & wellbeing
The health, safety and wellbeing of all staff and pupils is of utmost importance to us. We've provided you with a framework to assess and manage the risks associated with coronavirus (COVID-19). This is to give all staff, parents and pupils the assurance that appropriate control measures are being put in place in response to coronavirus (COVID-19). It reflects current Government guidance.
We expect all local authority maintained schools to use the following documents. Schools that are not maintained by the local authority may use them for help and guidance, if they wish.
As the national response to the pandemic continues to change and evolve as does the guidance. We therefore recommend you keep an eye out for updates and new documents on a regular basis. We will indicate next to documents when updates have occurred and all documents will give a summary of what has changed in the introduction.
Compliance code and core risk assessment
The compliance code details the arrangements that settings must put in place during the Government's recovery plan. You should use the compliance code to develop your core operational risk assessment.
- Compliance code for all educational settings - February 2021
- Educational settings risk assessment - February 2021
- Educational Settings Risk Assessment Summary - October 2020
- Educational Setting Limited Opening Risk Assessment Supplement - January 2021
- Cleaning and disinfection - Supplementary information for educational settings - February 2021
- Educational Settings Management Planning checklist - October 2020
Additional guidance and risk assessments
You should apply the following additional guidance and risk assessments wherever it is relevant to your setting.
Safety guidance
- Your health and your safety when working in educational settings - February 2021
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance for educational settings
- Revised Guidance for Aerosol Generating Procedures
- How to put on and take off PPE video (YouTube)
- First aid guidance for schools
- Guidance for complex needs school residential accommodation - January 2021
- Guidance for education staff who carry out essential home visits - February 2021
- PWTAG Technical Notes on Re-opening a Pool and Technical Operation after COVID-19 Shutdown
- Supporting health professionals to visit settings
- Briefing for Key Workers
Risk assessments
- Individual risk assessment template - January 2021
- New and expectant mothers risk assessment for educational settings
- BAME risk assessment record form
- Exams checklist
- Premises management risk assessment - February 2021
- Hire and third party use school premises risk assessment form
- Hire and Third Party Use School Premises declaration
- Educational Settings Risk Assessment - Swimming Pools
- Home visits risk assessment
Management of Cases
- Management of cases guidance - February 2021
- Management of cases - Risk assessment and checklist
- Letter templates - January 2021
- Flowchart - January 2021
- Contact record sheet
- Tips for dealing with media enquiries
- Support for those self isolating
Testing
- Lateral Flow Testing - On Site testing Risk Assessment Form - March 2021
- Lateral Flow Testing – Providing and using kits at home for staff and students - February 2021
- Testing in secondary schools, specialist settings and colleges - Expanded FAQs and signposting - February 2021
- Testing for primary, school-based nursery and maintained nursery school staff - Expanded FAQs and signposting - February 2021
- Temporary suspension of confirmatory PCR – Supervised settings (secondary schools, specialist settings and colleges) - February 2021
- Example Mass testing recruitment advert - February 2021
- Help to recruit staff or volunteers for mass testing - February 2021
- Preparing for mass testing in secondary schools, specialist settings and colleges
- March 8 Asymptomatic testing in secondary schools specialist settings and colleges - February 2021
Communication
- Communicating arrangements with parents and parent engagement - January 2021
- Quick guide - coronavirus absence from school
- COVID Secure notice - Primary settings
- COVID Secure notice - Secondary settings
- Educational settings COVID-19 poster for children
- Educational settings COVID-19 poster for parents and carers
- Social media campaign image
- Symptom Checker flowchart for parents