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  • Assessment policy: model and examples Recommended - Download and adapt our model assessment policy for your primary or secondary school's or trust's context. Get advice from experts on writing your policy, and see examples from maintained schools, academies, special schools and trusts.
  • Risk assessment policy: model and examples Download our model risk assessment policy and see examples of school and trust policies on assessing risks to health and safety.
  • Non-examination assessment policy: model and guidance Save time by adapting our model non-examination assessment policy. Understand what you're required to include and find a school example to help you with writing your own policy.
  • Site access and vehicle movement: example risk assessments and policies See template risk assessments for pedestrian and vehicle access and movement on site, and examples of school policies.
  • Transporting pupils: guidance and risk assessments When transporting pupils, you'll need to be prepared for any possible risks. Have a look at guidance on what to consider when it comes to staffing, risk assessments and first aid. Plus, find examples of a risk assessment form and an off-site visits policy covering transport.
  • Equality impact assessment: template and guidance Download and adapt our template equality impact assessment (EIA) to help you account for equality when writing or reviewing your policies.
  • Statutory risk assessments: checklist and guidance 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.
  • Fire risk assessment: guidance and templates You're required to have an up-to-date fire risk assessment. Understand the guidance, and see template assessments from 2 fire and rescue services.
  • Risk assessment: generic template and guidance Find the resources you need to start carrying out a risk assessment, including a generic template and guidance on statutory requirements. Plus, use our flowchart to help you decide if you need a risk assessment for specific activities.
  • Risk assessments for individual pupils Decide whether a pupil needs an individual risk assessment using our questions – it will depend on the specific needs of the pupil, such as if they have SEND or allergies. Discover your next steps, including adapting an existing risk assessment or creating a new one.
  • Dogs in school: guidance and risk assessments Read up on the rules around dogs on site, including therapy dogs, and use our template risk assessment to make sure that both pupils and the animal stay safe and happy.
  • School trips: risk assessments Understand when you do and don't need to carry out a trip risk assessment, get help with what you need to include and see template examples.
  • Pupils using mobility aids: template risk assessments Use and adapt our risk assessment templates to address potential hazards for pupils in wheelchairs or who use crutches. Be clear on the hazards you need to consider and see example risk assessments.
  • Risk assessment: staff briefing Schools have a duty to carry out risk assessments to keep staff, pupils and visitors safe from harm. Use this 30-minute briefing to get all staff up to speed with how to go about creating a risk assessment.
  • Stress: risk assessments and guidance Find examples of risk assessments to help manage stress in your school. See further resources from the Health and Safety Executive to support you when writing your own, as well as guidance from a union.
  • Assessment approaches in special schools Get to grips with requirements and best practice for assessment in special schools. Learn from an ‘outstanding’ provider’s approach to baselining, assessing and analysing pupil progress.
  • Key Stage 1 and 2 assessments Find answers to FAQs on how to comply with statutory requirements for Key Stage (KS) 1 and 2 assessments. Use our checklist of key dates and deadlines, and know what to report to your local authority and parents/carers.
  • School resource management self-assessment: summary Academy trusts must complete the school resource management self-assessment checklist every year. Find out what it covers, so you know what to expect.
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  • COSHH: risk assessment template and guidance You need to have risk assessments for the control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH). Use our template to help you, plus see the rules on what your assessments need to cover and get tips on how to carry one out.
  • Self-harm: policies and guidance Self-harm is a sensitive issue, and it can be difficult to know how to support pupils at risk of self-injury. Find policies from schools, template risk assessments, and flow charts outlining the process for dealing with incidents.