Martyn's Law, officially the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, received Royal Assent on the 3rd of April 2025, but what does this mean for schools in practice?
As employers, schools have a duty to carry out a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of employees - and that includes staff with medical conditions and disabilities. But how can schools manage this in practice?
With the most common type of query received via our Fixed Fee Advisory Service being whether an accident or incident is reportable under RIDDOR 2013 (or not!), we talk through the reporting requirements and discuss the many grey areas.
From our experience of working with schools, many are not #radonaware, and haven't measured or risk assessed radon exposure. With UK Radon Awareness Week 2024 running from the 4th - 10th November, we thought this would be the ideal opportunity to talk to schools about the risks presented by radon, how to identify whether they have a radon problem within their buildings, what is required of them by law, and what they can do to mitigate the risk.
Over the last ten years, there have been between 200 and 600 collisions each year involving minibuses, and between 5 and 12 fatalities, and so it's crucial to mitigate the risk by ensuring that your minibus operations are being effectively (and safely) managed.
We’re delighted to announce that our very own Michelle Pearson will be delivering a breakout session entitled 'Winning Hearts and Minds in Health and Safety: How to Influence Health and Safety Culture in Your School' at The ISBA Estates and Health & Safety Conference on Wednesday 25th September at BMA House, London.
As educational establishments, we need to be leading the way and setting an example, and so should we accept anything less than gold standard in health and safety?
Join our breakout session at at The Independent Schools' Bursars Association Estates and Health & Safety Conference, on Wednesday 25th September, at BMA House London.
If you manage Health & Safety or Estates Compliance within a school and you're not already heavily involved in your school's insurance programme, then you probably should be!
We're on a mission.... to make our schools safer!
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