MPH Building Systems

  There are very few school administrators, project managers, or headteachers who will need to be reminded of the importance of taking every possible step to ensure optimal health and safety for everyone using their school site. The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) encourages school decision-makers to adopt a sensible and proportionate approach to managing the risks that school buildings and the associated activities can present. But what specific steps might be involved in your efforts to make your school premises a safer place to be for teachers, pupils, and everyone else who might be on-site during the typical day? Carry out a classroom risk assessment Within just one classroom – never mind all those that make up an entire school premises – all manner of significant health and safety issues can present themselves. A thorough classroom risk assessment will enable you to inform yourself on these issues – as will be impacted by such factors as class sizes, pupil b...