Clearly record risks and hazards with the relevant control measures.

Risk Assessment is an important activity in schools whether planning an adventurous trip, teaching students or managing a playground. Often the risks, hazards and regular controls are clearly understood and seem like common sense but every time a new member of staff joins there will be something new for them that everyone else takes for granted.

Recording risk assessments consistently and clearly provides a clear reference for all staff and enables a systematic review of controls to take place when accidents and incidents occur.

All staff can read all risk assessments and where appropriate, can confirm that they have read and understood them. If the risk assessment is updated they can be alerted and asked to re-confirm their understanding of the changes.

Staff add and edit risk assessments for senior staff to approve.

All staff have a responsibility for Health and Safety and can contribute risk assessments for new activities as well as contact the owners of existing risk assessments for clarification or to improve them. Once ready, designated staff can approve the risk assessments for wider adoption.

Key actions and reminders to review are emailed to owners, approvers and those tasked with actions.

Some risk assessments may need specific actions to be taken from time to time. These can be added and assigned to staff who will be reminded when the actions are due. If a risk assessment is updated, or is older than a year, approvers are alerted to review and re-approve.