Welcome to the online WBC Health and Safety Manual for Schools.
With the aim of protecting the health, safety and welfare of our employees, pupils and students, Children’s Services requires each of its schools to develop, implement and maintain an effective health and safety management system. This manual has been designed specifically to help our Headteachers and their teams achieve this aim by providing clear and straightforward information tailored to reflect the school setting.
Good health and safety management supports the delivery of high educational standards and should be integrated into everything we do, however, although it is necessary to demonstrate legal compliance by being able to provide evidence, I do not want health and safety to become an administrative burden. On that premise, the manual’s general approach is a pragmatic one. With checklists to aid good management practice and guidance in the form of model health and safety procedures and example risk assessments that can be customised to suit your school, this evolving information source will help you secure compliance and meet our joint key objective – safe and healthy schools in the borough of Wokingham.
