Statutory risk assessments: checklist and guidance

Last reviewed on 8 December 2021
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Stay compliant and keep your pupils, staff and visitors safe with our checklist of the risk assessments you need to have in your school. Plus, see advice on when to do a risk assessment.

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Contents

  1. You must assess health and safety risks to your employees and others
  2. Pregnant staff
  3. How to decide whether you need a risk assessment
  4. Requirements for written records
  5. Review regularly

You must assess health and safety risks to your employees and others

You don't need a standalone health and safety risk assessment to meet this requirement. 

Instead, make sure staff know exactly which risk assessments apply to their role, workplace and activities. Ensure staff read these in full. 

Download our checklist to help you meet this requirement.

KeyDoc: statutory risk assessment checklist DOC, 149.0 KB

The checklist covers:

  • Workers under 18
  • Asbestos
  • Substances hazardous to health
  • Display screen equipment
  • Fire
  • First aid
  • Manual handling
  • Work at height
  • Children being drawn into terrorism
  • Swimming pools
  • Coronavirus

Please note: there may be other areas for which you need to assess risks, depending on your school's facilities and activities.

Government guidance explains that schools should consider COVID-19 “one risk amongst others” when preparing health and safety risk assessments (see section 1).

If you're aware that a staff member is pregnant, or there is an expectant mother in your school, you must consider this when assessing

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