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Welcome to EDRisk
For those in the business of educating people - from pre-school to college - the health and wellbeing of those in their care or employ is a crucial area of responsibility.
This site summarises the current health and safety law relevant to schools, and explains how it affects local authorities, governing bodies, head-teachers and other school staff. It covers all activities that typically take place in educational organisations, both on or off school premises, including staff accompanying students on school trips.
Like most schools, you may already have access to health and safety information and advice. If you are to effectively manage your workplace safety, however, you will need to develop a health and safety culture that is appropriate for the specific conditions in your own organisation. The support available through the site will help you to do this.
Most of the health and safety requirements described here are based on a mixture of reasonableness, common sense and risk assessment, as well as on current law. This website will help you to review what you have and determine how much further work is necessary in order to remain compliant. We would recommend your first port of call, therefore, would be to complete the HS Self-assessment.
You will find comprehensive information and guidance in the "Management" area of the Floorplan below. For guidance appropriate to a specific area within your organisation, simply click on the relevant "classroom" and this will take you to the relevant management pages. Additional generic HS information and advice can also be found in the A-Z Guidance.
And, if you can't find the answer to your question on site - Ask the Expert and we guarantee a response within 24 hours.
To return to the Floorplan at any time just click on "Business Specific" in the navigation.
You can access the Self-assessment and Document Downloads by clicking onto "Health & Safety" in the top and side navigation.
Good Health and Safety is indeed Good Business!