What to include in your risk assessment
Cover all the tools and activities involved in teaching art, design and technology that might involve hazards. Don't forget activities that you provide in after-school clubs as well as in lessons.
Consider what the risks involved may be, and what steps you will take to mitigate them.
Depending on how your curriculum and extra-curricular activities are organised, you may wish to include other risk assessments in a single document with your art, design and technology risk assessment. For example, it could be grouped with:
You can use our examples of generic risk assessment templates to create your own, and get inspiration with examples of art, design and technology risk assessments below.
Example risk assessments
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School in London has 11 risk assessments in this area, each covering a