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Report Education Committee 17 November
201
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Key area for
action
HEALTH AND
SAFETY
AUDIT REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations Timescale status
7
Policy Produce documentation which can
demonstrate that the Education Services
Health and Safety Arrangements
documents have been brought to the
attention of all staff.
I.
Purpose
of
Repot%
The purpose of this report
is
to summarise the Education Services Action Plan for Health
and Safety, whic
out by the Corporate Health and Safety Team.
en informed by the main findings of a broad remit audit carried
Dec 201 1 On target
2.
Recommendations
Members are asked to note the key actions and timeline as detailed at section
4
of the
report and full action plan as detailed in the
Appendix.
3.
Background
3.1
A broad remit audit was conducted by members of the Corporate Health and Safety
Team between November 201
0
and January 201 1 (available on Sharepoint). The audit
process focussed on a range of pre-school, primary and secondary schools across the
estate and also covered dedicated Education Services and office accommodation. Due to
the size of the secondary schools, high risk areas (Technical, Science, Physical Education,
Home Economics etc) formed part of the main focus, however an overview was
established through the full audit programme. In each selected location a range of
Education staff were involved, headteachers, management team, teaching staff, admin
staff etc. The involvement ranged from interviews to observations and asking for
documented evidence to verify in house Health and Safety arrangements.
3.2
The conclusion detailed by the Corporate Health and Safety Team states that the
audit demonstrated
a
reasonable overall standard of Health and Safety Management in
relation to the risks faced by the Education Services. It also lists key areas for action that
the Service must address. The Education Services Health and Safety Action Plan reflects
these recommen ations and has made good progress towards them. It was however
recognised through the reorganisation of the service that there was a need for a dedicated
member of Education staff with a remit solely for Health and Safety. A Safety
Improvement
Officer
has been successfully appointed and this lead will now have the
responsibility for driving this agenda forward. The appointment will supplement the
existing Corporate Health and Safety provision and work collegiately with the appointed
Education Services Health and Safety Advisor and other members of the Corporate Health
and Safety Team.
4.
Considerations
4.1 The table below summarises the key areas for action which have shaped the overall
Education Service Health and Safety Action Plan.