Health and Safety Responsibilities

This unit focuses on explaining what is meant by ‘health and safety’ and how this relates to a school context. It also defines key terminology which will help you to better understand health and safety issues.

Author: Gill O’Donnell

Course details

Area

Health and safety

Duration

1-2 hours

Suitable for

Classroom teacher, SLT, Teaching assistant, All school staff, DSL, Head of year, SENCO, Subject leader

Aims and outcomes

By the end of this unit, you should understand:

the scope and nature of health and safety
the historical context of health and safety in relation to educational establishments
the legal, financial and moral reasons for promoting good standards of health and safety awareness and good practice across the school
the division of responsibilities in school in relation to health and safety
how these responsibilities extend towards others
key health and safety terminology.

Course content

Unit 1: Health and safety responsibilities: introduction
Unit 2: Policy and practice
Unit 3: Enforcement and penalties

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