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1 Issue 1 November 2011 Health & Safety Cosultats Ltd Welcome to The Safety Scee! I am delighted to welcome you to the 1st issue of The Safety Scee, brought to you by Kym Alla Health ad Safety Cosultats Ltd. We are growig from stregth to stregth ad as well as providig you with a 1st class service for all your health, safety ad welfare eeds, we ow have exclusive access to a umber of high quality services which will support you i meetig your broader safeguardig resposibilities. Look o page 8 for details of some of the ew providers. Sice KAHSC was lauched i April 2011 well over 100 Head teachers ad Goverig Bodies have both see ad reaped the beefits of the services we have to offer. As well as a extesive website packed full of ew user friedly documets available to subscribig schools, we have ow created a oe stop shop for all your health, safety ad welfare eeds. By workig alogside a umber of elite Associates we ca ow provide schools with a myriad of services i order to help esure that your pupils are safeguarded ad all adults workig with childre ad youg people are supported i their idividual roles. Value for moey is high o your priority list, it is also importat to us here at KAHSC. Discouted rates have bee agreed with may of the Associate providers for those who subscribe. We are passioate about the service we provide ad will esure you cotiue to receive the highest quality of service. No other Cumbria Health ad Safety Cosultat ca provide you with the rage of support you eed i this vital area of educatio. MAKING SENSE OF SAFEGUARDING Read o to see what other excitig iitiatives are comig your way... Meet the KAHSC Team - So who are we ayway? Some of you kow some of us very well; some of you kow all of us as the voice of reaso at the ed of the phoe; some of you kow oly our idividual reputatios. To all of you we hope we will become a highly recommeded source of quality iformatio, valued advisors ad friedly faces. Kym Alla - Director After edig a illustrious career spaig 34 years workig for Cumbria LA ad over 20 years maagig health, safety ad welfare for Cumbria Childre s Services, Kym has ow forged a ew busiess as a idepedet health, safety ad welfare cosultat. As a highly qualified professioal with a immeasurable wealth of kowledge o all kids of health, safety ad welfare matters i the educatio ad care sectors, Kym is well placed to lead KAHSC i the provisio of excellece i service ow ad i the future. Buildig o a persoal reputatio i the LA for hadlig every kid of regular ad radom school related issue, Kym is committed to improvig the support give to schools i this vital area of maagemet. Our office frot premises i Carlisle This Issue Commo Sese: Commo Safety - what does it all mea? The KAHSC Website! O-lie Accidet Reportig School Trips Hele Blamire - Health ad Safety Officer After edig a similarly illustrious career with the LA spaig 20 years; the last 8 as a highly successful, widely appreciated ad dow to earth Health ad Safety Auditor, Hele brigs to the busiess a priceless wealth of kowledge. Also a highly qualified professioal withi the LA, Hele s breadth ad depth of experiece ad her passio to provide the best, commo sese ad user friedly advice ad guidace makes her a prized member of the team. Hele s specialist subjects iclude asbestos maagemet, fire risk assessmet, kitche ad site maagemet ad security. Pey Goslig - Health ad Safety Officer/Traier After a career spaig 15 years i maagemet, teachig ad the educatio sector, the last 5 as the Educatioal Visits Admiistrator i the LA, Pey also brigs to KAHSC a ivaluable wealth of kowledge. As both a qualified teacher ad health ad safety professioal, Pey s experiece o all sides of the fece, from paret to teacher ad traier to advisor, gives her a uique perspective. Pey is similarly passioate about providig the very best i commo sese: commo safety advice ad guidace makig her a highly valued member of the team. Pey s specialist subjects iclude learig outside the classroom, radiatio protectio, maual hadlig, ASD ad child protectio. Courses Available! Traiig Directory Ofsted cocers over child safety i schools Itroducig the Safety Series Notable Accidets Christmas Myths Call us today or visit us olie at

2 Commo Sese: Commo Safety - what does it all mea? It was a report by Lord Youg of Graffham to the Prime Miister followig a Whitehall wide review of the operatio of health ad safety laws ad the growth of the compesatio culture, which was warmly welcomed by the Health ad Safety Executive (HSE) as a tremedous opportuity to refocus health ad safety o what it is really about - maagig workplace risks to keep people safe. Gettig this right is good for employers, employees ad Britai as a whole prioritisig reasoable actios ad sweepig away health ad safety excuses ot to do thigs. The HSE cotiues to champio a sesible ad proportioate approach to dealig with serious risks i the workplace - ot elimiatig every mior risk from everyday life ad KAHSC sees itself at the forefrot i this. The Occupatioal Safety Cosultats Register established out of this report will provide details of cosultats who have met the highest qualificatio stadard of recogised professioal bodies ad who are boud by a code of coduct that requires them to give advice which is both sesible ad proportioate. Although this is already our very raiso d etre ad somethig we strive for daily, KAHSC is curretly udergoig this process. The KAHSC Website! Scratchig your head with a health, safety or welfare issue? Searchig for the Fout of all Kowledge? (Google it)? Have you looked at the KAHSC Website lately? Subscribig settigs have free ad ulimited access to the KAHSC website where you ll fid the very latest iformatio ad guidace icludig exclusive traiig opportuities. There is o limit to the umber of staff or goveror member log-is a establishmet ca have ad set-up takes less tha 60 secods. Oce logged i to this Health ad Safety treasure chest you ca ot oly browse documets by subject, but ow fid the specific guidace you re lookig for by usig the ew search facility i My Accout. Busy Head teachers soo become icredibly accomplished i idetifyig issues that must be dealt with immediately; ew iformatio ad guidace that should be acted o whe the time is right to devote to it ad the everythig else they ll get roud to as soo as a spare momet appears. Here, we ca help. We are proud to aouce the itroductio of the KAHSC Website Alerts system which will keep you updated with ew, ameded or obsolete guidace i what we feel will be the most pailess way possible. Does your ibox get jammed with updates from various orgaisatios all of whom wat a piece of you ad your school? KAHSC are kee to avoid overloadig schools with iformatio. However, that left us with the tricky problem of keepig you up-todate. The Alert is just the right tool to crack that ut. No more tha oce per week all members with persoal logis will receive a alertig them to ew, revised or deleted documets, guidace ad advice. A commet o each documet describes the purpose ad what, if aythig, you eed to do with it. We hope this approach will keep you iformed i the least burdesome way possible. We are cotiually workig to improve your website experiece so do t hesitate to get i touch to tell us what you thik or let us kow what else you wat to see. New-O-lie Accidet ad Icidet Reportig System A user friedly olie accidet reportig system is due to go live after half-term. This ew system will effectively replace the eed for Volutary Aided, Foudatio, Academy ad Idepedet schools to complete a KAHSC Accidet Form, although the forms will cotiue to remai available where preferred. Istead, whe a icidet is recorded o the ew olie system via our website it automatically submits to KAHSC so that where required the icidet ca be reported to the HSE. You ca the dowload idividual icidet details or statistics of your ow accidets wheever you like for your records. 2 Safety Scee Norovirus With its almost predictable aual cycle, the Norovirus will soo be rearig its ugly head with the oset of the witer moths. The persoal hygiee message (i particular, good hadwashig regimes) eeds to be high profile i all our schools. The followig website lik cotais all sorts of iformatio ad lesso plas targeted specifically at schools ad pupils from KS1 o. Guidace o dealig with a Norovirus Outbreak i your School is available to dowload from the KAHSC Website. ases/ifectiosaz/ Look out for the simplified fire risk assessmet procedure Dow from 13 Sectios to just 4, the ew approach will make the process of fire risk assessmet i school a simpler oe. Previously 12 of the Sectios each required completio of a fire questioaire, a risk assessmet ad a separate actio pla. Now i Sectio Oe you will fid all 12 questioaires which whe completed will iform Sectio Three where you will complete a sigle combied risk assessmet ad actio pla. Sectio Two will become your Busiess Cotiuity Pla built o the guidace you ll fid there ad a brad ew sectio four is specifically for the attetio of fire-fighters. There you will record iformatio like the locatio of isolatio switches, highly flammable substaces, radioactive sources, gas cyliders, wet/dry risers etc. You will also put a copy of your asbestos register i there with ay CAD or floor plas highlightig ay of the above issues or access poits. I ca t praise Kym ad her team eough, they are always available to support, at ay time, with excellet ad up to date advice. Kym s icredible depth of kowledge ad expertise has always give me absolute cofidece i all matters relatig to health ad safety icludig school trips, safeguardig, grouds - the list is extesive. I caot commed Kym Alla Health ad Safety Cosultats highly eough! Louise Norther Headteacher St. Begh s Catholic Juior School, Whitehave)

3 STOP PRESS! Olie Visits Notificatio System i Developmet We are very excited to brig you ews that KAHSC is curretly ivestig i the developmet of a 100% web based otificatio, approval ad database system for visits. With powerful search ad sort facilities ad comprehesive moitorig ad reportig tools we are cofidet staff will fid it simple to use ad a effective moitorig tool. Elf ad Safety! Some of the more bizarre ad groudless health ad safety bas affectig youg people. Childre baed from their ow playgroud i Oxfordshire as health ad safety officials decide mokey bars are too dagerous. Pupils from Joh Hampde Primary School i Thame were told equipmet they had previously used i the 30-miute period after school, uder adult supervisio was ow limited to school hours oly. Parets described the move as 'health ad safety goe mad', oe father commetig that 'it seems to me quite strage that the couty coucil wo't allow childre to play o this at school but will provide usupervised public playgrouds for them with the same equipmet. Schoolyard football games baed - uless the ball is made of spoge. Malver Primary School i Huyto, a area of Merseyside resposible for producig some of Britai's top footballers has baed leather footballs o safety grouds. Parets overridig respose was cocer that their childre would stop playig such active games ad were beig preveted from learig about risk ad cotrol i a relatively safe eviromet. Tam Fry, chairma of the Child Growth Foudatio, a leadig childre s atiobesity charity said: "Childre must be exposed to risk, otherwise how ca they be expected to lear? Childre o loger allowed to take part i a sack race at Sports Day Teachers at Joh F Keedy Primary School i Washigto, Tye ad Wear, dropped them after discussios with Beamish Ope Air Museum, where the sports day was beig held. 'We looked at a three-legged race ad a sack race but we wat to miimise the risk to the childre,' said Simo Woolley, head of educatio at Beamish School Trips 150 pages of uduly complex guidace slashed to just 8 You may have read this headlie with wild joy, trepidatio or mild idifferece. Goe is HASPEV ad all of its supplemets which o loger apply as govermet guidace to schools ad colleges egagig i off-site. The HSE welcomed the priciple warmly, issuig the supportig documet Tacklig the Health ad Safety Myths to do just that - tackle the myths aroud school trips, red tape ad prosecutio. This policy statemet from them was developed to ecourage all schools ad LAs to remove wasteful bureaucracy. The Associatio for Physical Educatio (AfPE) cautiously welcomed the ew DfE documet Departmetal Advice o Health ad Safety for Schools sayig it does exactly what it says o the ti, agreeig that youg people should lear to uderstad ad maage risks that are a part of ormal life ad supportig the priciple of reducig uecessary procedures ad form fillig. However, AfPE raised a cocer that the DfE advice claims to replace the 1998 DfES Guidace Health ad Safety of Pupils o Educatioal Visits (HASPEV) yet the two serve very differet purposes. The DfE Advice provides a summary of the law while the DfES Guidace offers soud, detailed plaig ad maagemet advice that may establishmets have foud extremely helpful. The Outdoor Educatio Adviser s Pael (OEAP), a leadig advisory body to the govermet, idetified the very same cocer ad set about producig their Employer Guidace (EG) marryig the priciples of the ew Advice with the previously helpful procedural guidace updated to reflect today s chagig educatioal eviromet. The purpose of the OEAP EG is for employers to adopt it as their ow policy ad guidace for their staff to use from the website as a oe-stop shop for plaig, coductig ad assessig off-site visits ad learig outside the classroom. Commuity ad Volutary Cotrolled schools should ow refer to it usig the ew olie visits otificatio system EVOLVE. KAHSC also recogised the clear differeces betwee the ew Advice ad the old Guidace ad to assist schools i cotiuig to pla ad maage visits with the miimum of bureaucracy but the very best outcomes, has prepared a Model School Visits Policy based o the OEAP EG. The KAHSC model policy fully icorporates the OEAP EG with some helpful additioal directios to schools o developig their establishmet specific procedures based o their uique circumstaces. All schools of every type will fid the Model a useful referece tool ad schools where the LA is ot the employer are particularly ecouraged to persoalise ad use it as their overarchig Visits Maagemet Procedure. Oce Oly Paretal Coset Form I additio to the reductio i guidace o off-site visits available to schools, The DfE has developed a oce-oly paretal coset form, which covers all activities outside the school gates as well as those outside the ormal school day. Effectively, a coset form will oly be required at the time a child starts a ew school, rather tha each time a school trip is plaed. The school is the simply required to iform parets i advace of each activity so that the paret ca choose whether or ot they wish their child to atted. Educatio secretary Michael Gove said: Childre should be able to go o excitig school trips that broade their horizos. That is why we are cuttig uecessary red tape i schools ad puttig teachers back i charge. A Model Coset Form for use i schools is available to dowload from the KAHSC Website alog with guidace for parets o the ew system ad how the ew sigle coset form will operate i the future. Safety Scee 3 Image courtesy Samuel Kigs School, Alsto

4 Courses Available to Book NOW. Check out the wide rage of courses we ad our associates ca offer. Equire or book place by cotactig Pey o or pey.goslig@kymallahsc.co.uk Course Date Veue Course fee Safeguardig Level 1-2 hours From Ae Sutherlad of AS Traiig also kow as the Whole School Approach this is a great way to fulfil your legal duty. Your date 28 Nov 11 Your premises Carlisle TBC 45 per perso. 35 per perso. Sessio o request. Safeguardig Level 2 REFRESHER ONLY - 3 hours From Safe Have Cosultacy this supports Desigated Persoel i updatig their uderstadig of their safeguardig role. 2 Dec 2011 Black Combe Juiors, Millom 50 per perso Safer Recruitmet - 1 day From Ae Sutherlad of AS Traiig comply with the legal duty to appoit staff by a pael icludig someoe traied i this. 23 Nov 11 Kedal 110 per perso. 100 per perso. Safeguardig for School Goverors - 1 day From The learig Cosortium, this itroduces Goverors to their statutory duties ad resposibilities for safeguardig pupils. 1 Nov 11 3 Nov Nov 11 8 Feb 12 Workigto TBC Kedal TBC Carlisle TBC Barrow TBC 50 per perso. 40 per perso. IOSH Maagig Safely i Schools REFRESHER ONLY From Clearwater Risk Maagemet. This course is oly for those who have already passed the IOSH Maagig Safely i Schools Course ad wat to maitai ad refresh it. 1 Nov Ja 12 Kigmoor Jrs Carlisle St Pat s & St Greg s School, Whitehave 240 per perso. Various e-safety Courses - your time frame From a foremost authority i Cumbria, Jeff Haslam, opportuities for staff, pupils ad parets to atted tailored courses to gai a greater uderstadig of e-safety both i school ad at home. Safety Essetials for School Site Maagers From Clearwater Risk Maagemet through KAHSC a tailored core competece course for school site maagers ad others with school premises maagemet resposibilities. Paediatric First Aid (12 hr) 'Paediatric' covers 0-15yr olds. This 2 day course is ideal for people who care for childre i schools, urseries, pre-schools ad child midig. Hads o teachig i a warm ad friedly eviromet by experieced ad accomplished C2 Traiig Cosultacy meetig the legal requiremet uder EYFS ad the requiremets of OFSTED. Your choice of date 17 Nov Nov 11 Your premises Kigmoor Jrs Carlisle Dowdales, Dalto 26 Ja 12 Workigto Adult Ed Cetre 3,4 Nov 11 Barrow TBC 14,15 Nov 11 Workigto TBC 8,9 Dec 11 Carlisle TBC 26,27 Ja 12 Kedal TBC 9,10 Feb 12 Perith TBC 15,16 Mar 12 Carlisle TBC reasoable & egotiable/sessio. Curretly oly available to KAHSC Subscribers. 170 per perso. 100 per perso. 95 per perso. Emergecy First Aid at Work (EFAW) Fully HSE Approved. 1 day (6hrs) course plus a bespoke package (3hrs) to cover high risk activities e.g. PE, DT, Food Tech etc. satisfyig legal requiremets. Cotact C2 Traiig & Cosultacy Ltd for idividual advice. Various other first aid courses available. Various Various 80 per perso KAHSC. Subscribers 76 per perso. Other course fees o request. Maual Hadlig (Objects) From KAHSC this mi. practical hads o course is suitable for all kids of school staff from teachig to kitche, cleaig ad site maagemet. Your choice of date Your premises 140/sessio 120 per sessio or FREE i SLA time. Visits Maagemet From KAHSC this 75 mi. course is for everyoe ivolved i plaig authorisig leadig ad assistig off-site visits. Your choice of date Your premises 120/sessio 100 per sessio or FREE i SLA time. Risk Assessmet From KAHSC this 75 mi. course is for staff eedig to uderstad their role ad resposibility with regard to risk assessmet icludig how to do them. Your choice of date Your premises 120/sessio 100 per sessio or FREE i SLA time. Health ad Safety i Primary PE Update Course - 2 hours From PE Specialist Vaessa Foster this course will update primary teachers o specialist PE ad extra-curricular activity issues. 10 Ja Ja Ja 12 Kedal TBC Whitehave TBC Kigmoor Jrs 40 per perso 35 per perso 4 Safety Scee

5 Traiig Directory AS Traiig Offerig idepedet traiig & cosultacy o all aspects of child protectio, Ae s ivaluable kowledge fouts from 27 years experiece i Educatio Welfare. She is a highly respected professioal ad fully accredited by the Childre s Workforce Developmet Coucil. Ae welcomes idividual equiries. Ae Sutherlad Tel: Mobile: ae.sutherlad6@btiteret.co.uk C2 Traiig ad Cosultacy Ltd Offerig a wide rage of high quality first aid traiig from Paediatric to full Emergecy First Aid at Work, C2 preset highly recommeded practical ad theory mix course that give cliets hads o cofidece i applyig the skills they lear. Domiique Casso Mobile: Website: May courses ca be specially tailored to meet idividual eeds. Please equire to KAHSC or direct to the provider. equiries@c2traiigcosultacy.co.uk Safe Have Cosultig Ltd Systems House, 6 Netherfield Close, Hesigham, Whitehave, Cumbria CA28 8YL A idepedet compay deliverig high quality traiig i the field of Safeguardig they also provide Educatio Welfare Services to schools ad colleges specialisig i attedace ad safeguardig issues. Diae Jackso Tel: Mobile: djackso@safehavecocultig.co.uk Jeaette Wright Tel: Mobile: jwright@safehavecosultig.co.uk Website: The Learig Cosortium Ltd. A etwork of local specialists ad traiers i learig ad developmet, cosultacy ad commuicatios i educatio ad childre s services set-up to provide high-quality courses for schools ad colleges:. Cotact pey.goslig@kymallahsc.co.uk to fid out more about: H Growig Potetial; H Idigo Childre s Services Cosultacy Limited; H Itelliget Advatage Limited; ad H Stoeleigh Commuicatio Limited. Vaessa Foster: PE Specialist 35 Liddle Close, Lowry Hill, Carlisle, CA3 0DS. A reowed PE Specialist offerig cosultacy services as well as quality traiig for school staff adults i the commuity ad traiig programmes for yougsters, Vaessa welcomes idividual queries ad bespoke traiig requests. Vaessa Foster Tel: Mobile: pe@vaessafoster.com Website: Associates Directory AS4S - Accoutacy Services 4 Schools - Aliso Evas 42 Beaver Road, Carlisle, CA2 7PS Offerig bespoke fiacial services to schools whether cheque book or E5 maaged, Aliso is a fully qualified ad experieced accoutat who maaged school fudig ad fiace for over 12 years i the LA. Ask how she ca help you ad your budget. Tel: Fax: as4s@talktalk.et E-Safety Advisor - Jeff Haslam Available to subscribers of KAHSC Jeff is oe of the foremost authorities i Cumbria o iteret safety i school ad i the home. Experiecig cyber bullyig? Worried about staff or pupils puttig themselves at risk o the iteret? Jeff ca help you develop policies ad strategies to combat these issues as well as traiig to deal with them. Equiries to KAHSC welcome. S.C.S Fire Safety Services Ltd - Simo Stewart Simo Stewart - Grad.I.Fire.E - 35 Edmodso Close, Brampto, CA8 1GH A highly qualified ad experieced ex Fire Service Maager Simo ca advise o fire safety ic. Buildig Regulatios ad fire risk assessmet. Also offerig bespoke traiig for Fire Marshalls ad Fire Wardes as well as fire extiguisher servicig Simo welcomes all equiries. Tel: Mobile: simostewart42@hotmail.com Please see the back page to see our other highly qualified, experieced & valued associates. Ofsted cocers over child safety i schools Some 21 per cet of state schools i Eglad are o better tha satisfactory o child safety, the watchdog said, suggestig they must make cosiderable improvemets to stop pupils beig ijured or prevet stragers eterig buildigs. Ispectors wared that a further two per cet of schools were judged iadequate whe it came to safeguardig. May of these were failig to complete risk assessmets, keep a cetral record of checks for adults workig with childre ad moitor ad review their policies o protectig pupils, it was claimed. I a report, ispectors said the best schools had robust systems i place to keep childre safe. This icludes tellig childre to be cautious of ay adult eterig buildigs without a idetificatio badge ad the icreased use of CCTV cameras aroud school sites. But head teachers leaders criticised the coclusios, sayig schools were beig ufairly puished by Ofsted for mior bureaucratic failigs. Bria Lightma, geeral secretary of the Associatio of School ad College Leaders, said: They caot state that 21 per cet of schools were oly satisfactory ad draw the coclusio that this idicates the eed for cosiderable improvemet. While everyoe would like all schools to be excellet or good, whe a school is satisfactory it has reached the appropriate stadard i terms of safeguardig. Pupil safety is amog a umber of key issues schools must address to satisfy Oftsed uder a ew ispectio regime draw up by the Coalitio. The other areas are teachig quality, leadership, pupil behaviour ad academic achievemet. Accordig to the latest report, safeguardig procedures are good or outstadig i 77 per cet of schools. New Ofsted Safeguardig Guidace is available to dowload from the KAHSC website. We are absolutely delighted with the service we receive from Kym Alla Health ad Safety Cosultats Ltd. The Safety Series Guidace is ivaluable, ad always up-to-date ad the website cotais a wealth of iformatio which is easily accessible. From advice o safeguardig to iformatio o illesses ad accidets, I caot recommed the services of KAHSC highly eough Christopher Ashcroft, Headteacher Bookwell Primary, Egremot Safety Scee 5

6 The Safety Series Followig a very busy summer, KAHSC ca ow preset to you the Safety Series. A completely ew or sigificatly updated set of guidace documets for schools. User-friedly ad easy to avigate aroud to fid exactly the advice you eed o may differet health, safety ad welfare subjects. Geeral Safety Series Physical Educatio Safety Series (icludes Desig Techology Safety Series (icludes a New Code of Practice) a ew School Swimmig Code of Practice) Sciece Safety Series (icludes a ew Code of Practice) Medical Safety Series Volutary Aided, Foudatio, Academy ad Idepedet schools subscribig to KAHSC services ca cofidetly replace ay guidace they curretly hold with the Safety Series. The Safety Series guidace is equally applicable to all Commuity ad Volutary Cotrolled schools ad is fully updated as of September Such schools are, however, advised to adhere to guidace issued by their employer, the Local Authority New for 2011/12 Look out for the followig guidace i the Geeral Safety Series: Childre Abscodig ad Protectio from Uauthorised Visitors Maagig Violece i Schools Cotrol of Substaces Hazardous to Health Nuisace ad Trespass o School Premises Dealig with Potetial Suicide Noise Fire Safety Maagemet Outdoor Play Equipmet Hot Work i Schools Persoal Protective Equipmet Keepig ad Hadlig Aimals i School Provisio ad use of Work Equipmet Icorporatig the very latest i govermet advice, reports ad requiremets, these guides will help you uderstad the law as it applies to your establishmet, the risks arisig, how to maage these sometimes very difficult issues ad what additioal support is available from KAHSC. Sigificatly updated Safety Series. Now available to dowload First Aid icorporatig chages to first aid course requiremets as well as a host of ew guidace o accidet respose ad the maagemet of first aid provisio. Accidet ad Icidet Reportig & Ivestigatio breakig dow RIDDOR reportig ad with a whole ew sectio to help schools master accidet ivestigatio. Maagig Asbestos i Schools icorporatig the latest HSE recommedatios o accreditatios of surveyors, cotractors, aalysts etc. that schools should be lookig for. Risk Assessmet i Schools ow icludes guidace o the 2010 statutory Geeral Teachig Requiremet Drivig a Miibus with clearer weight limits ad Sectio 19 Permits advice ad a ew Drivig Essetials sectio coverig limiters, seatbelts etc. Kives, Offesive Weapos ad Other Iappropriate Items icorporatig ew govermet guidace o searchig pupils ad cofiscatio. Also ew for 2011/12 are KAHSC s specially devised Codes of Practice to give schools a o-osese, leadig edge o some of the more complex departmetal operatios ad broader whole school areas. Look out for these ew Codes of Practice: Caretakers ad Site Maagers Secodary Art Secodary PE Secodary Drama Secodary DT School (swimmig ad) swimmig pools Secodary Sciece Primary Curricular Activities The ew Code of Practice for School Cleaig is a update o what was previously kow as the Cleaig Health ad Safety Referece Maual. New - Caterig Health ad Safety Package Do you ru your ow school kitche? For a small additio to your curret subscriptio fee, you ca ow add o a full caterig package. You will receive the very latest editio KAHSC Code of Practice for School Caterig icludig: Iformatio for New Starters (Staff Hadbook) HACCP iformatio as required by 2006 Health ad Safety requiremets Food Hygiee (Eglad) Regulatios Guidace for operatig kitche equipmet Risk assessmet templates icludig Dagerous Machiery Cotrol of Substaces Hazardous to Health iformatio icludig risk Guidace o the developmet of a safety maagemet system assessmet templates Food hygiee requiremets Traiig requiremets Traiig records As well as ulimited free telephoe ad support you will also be etitled oe visit per year from a competet perso to audit, provide support o school s deploymet of their safety maagemet system ad give advice o: Food hygiee practices Cookig practices ad best use of equipmet Food hygiee icludig food safety systems (HACCP) i accordace with Food Hygiee (Eglad) Regulatios 2006 Health ad Safety compliace i accordace with Health ad Safety at Work etc. Act, 1974 ad subordiate legislatio Equipmet - advice o purchases to iclude best value/best practice. Ay ispectio or audit reports supplied Staff e.g. dress, commuicatio, food hadlig skills etc. Risk assessmets Traiig (provisio of specific traiig ca be supplied ad/or sourced at additioal cost as ad whe requested) Auditig of health ad safety maagemet systems ad moitorig health, safety ad welfare stadards. All schools ca be fully audited oce every 3 years i cosultatio with the school but Kitches ca receive their ow Health ad Safety Maagemet Audit as part of the aual visit. 6 Safety Scee Give us a call to discuss your Traiig eeds.

7 Notable Accidets Essex school fied over caretaker ijury Shefield High School was prosecuted after oe of its staff fell from height while recladdig the outside of the school kitche o 28 July The 54-year-old caretaker was workig with a colleague o a uguarded work platform whe he lost his footig ad fell 1.9 metres to the groud. He broke two ribs ad eeded a three-ich metal plate ad multiple metal screws iserted ito a broke arm. Chelmsford Magistrates' Court was told that Shefield High School failed to take suitable ad sufficiet measures to prevet a employee failig from height while carryig out work ad after pleadig guilty to breachig Sectio 2(1) of the Health ad Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 the school was fied 6,500 ad ordered to pay costs of 2, HSE Ispector Corie Godfrey said: "As fallig from height ofte results i severe ijury or death, the outcome of this icidet could have bee much worse, but could have bee avoided altogether if a appropriate work platform had bee provided by Mr Sprigett's employers. Teacher experieced electric shock due to damaged cable A teacher recetly received a electric shock, whe pluggig a laptop ito a wall socket o school premises, This resulted i serious arm ad had pai. Followig the accidet a electricia checked the wirig ad foud a staple had bee embedded i the cable likig the laptop to a plug socket, which had made the staple live. The staple could oly have bee iserted with a staple gu, so the school carried out a risk assessmet ad implemeted additioal cotrol measures regardig the use of staple gus with the aim of prevetig similar icidets i the future. There is a model risk assessmet for geeral classroom activities available o KAHSC Website, which schools ca adapt to iclude existig/ad or ew cotrol measures for usig staple gus i schools. We would like to remid schools of the importace of carryig out visual checks whe pluggig i ad usig electrical equipmet. Please see Safety Series G17 - Safe Use of Electricity i Schools for further iformatio. School fied followig failure to assess a builder s competece A school was recetly fied 25,000 after a worker was killed while demolishig a buildig o the site. The Health ad Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted after the school arraged for a team of iexperieced buildig workers to demolish a large woode classroom over the summer of The HSE ivestigatio revealed the workers had o effective pla i place ad removed itegral supports withi the classroom s structure, causig the roof to collapse while five me were iside. Oe worker suffocated whe the roof, which weighed 2.4 toes, fell o top of them. The four other workers survived without serious ijury thaks to the chace positioig of a dumper which was parked iside part of the buildig, creatig a escape route. The court heard that the school had arraged for a self-employed geeral buildig worker, who was udertakig some mior roofig work o the site, to carry out the work. That idividual the asked four other self-employed buildig workers to assist i the demolitio eve though oe of them had traiig or relevat experiece. The school failed to make ay reasoable equiries ito the competece of the buildig workers to udertake the demolitio prior to it begiig It s ot oly people who Risk Assess! With the help of research ad the views of may orgaisatios ad idividuals, the HSE have devised some simple priciples of sesible risk maagemet. Sesible risk maagemet is about: Esurig that workers ad the public are properly protected by: Eablig iovatio ad learig ot stiflig them Esurig that those who create risks maage them resposibly ad uderstad that failure to maage real risks resposibly is likely to lead to robust actio Eablig idividuals to uderstad that as well as the right to protectio, they also have to exercise resposibility Providig overall beefit to society by balacig beefits ad risks, with a focus o reducig real risks - both those which arise more ofte ad those with serious cosequeces Sesible risk maagemet is ot about: Creatig a totally risk free society Geeratig useless paperwork moutais Scarig people by exaggeratig or publicisig trivial risks Stoppig importat recreatioal ad learig activities for idividuals where the risks are maaged Reducig protectio of people from risks that cause real harm ad sufferig Who should risk assess? Risk assessmet is a madatory requiremet for all compaies that employ five or more people. Therefore it is importat that you cosider which of your activities give rise to greater tha ormal day to day risk, as these activities must be assessed, ad the the sigificat fidigs recorded. Withi large orgaisatios the resposibility will be passed to the maager, headteacher etc. who could the delegate to a employee to carry out health ad safety duties. Be aware! that you ca oly pass o the duties; you caot pass o the resposibility. Therefore it is importat that the Maagers, Goverors, ad Headteachers are aware of ay fidigs ad moitor performace. Whe a risk assessmet is beig carried out, it is also beeficial to iclude ayoe who has a iput with the activity to be ivolved. Traiig should also have bee received o how to carry out risk assessmets. A hazard or a risk, what is the differece? A hazard is aythig that has the potetial to cause harm, ad a risk is the likelihood of harm occurrig. The law does ot expect you to elimiate all risk, but you are required to protect people as far as is reasoably practicable. Record Breakig Audit Score We are icredibly proud to brig you ews that Roose School i Barrow have just smashed the record for best H&S audit score i Cumbria, ever. Although siged up to KAHSC services ad havig beefitted from a pre-couty audit, Roose s success really has much less to do with the wide rage of specialist support we offer ad everythig to do with the effectiveess of their Health ad Safety Coordiator Agela Bell, who with the 110% backig of her Head teacher Wedy Jacobs ad the full commitmet every sigle member of staff have achieved such outstadig results. Makig Sese of Safeguardig Coferece Look out for the Makig Sese of Safeguardig Coferece to be held i Sprig of Coverig e-safety, health ad safety, cyber-bullyig, child protectio, safer recruitmet, educatioal visits, admiisterig medicatio ad careplas etc. etc. Further details will be issued at a later date. Expressios of iterest would be welcome. Safety Scee 7

8 Christmas Myths Please be reassured that... It is acceptable to use ew sets of tree lights without first havig them subject to a portable appliace test. They should come pre-checked ad with plug attached but check that the lights are CE marked. Tisel is ot baed, though try to avoid too much at high level ad hagig dow ear itruder alarm sesors. Neither the Police or out-of hours cotact people will be happy if called out due to badly positioed Christmas decoratios ad you might fid them rearraged i a way you ever thought possible! Christmas trees are able to be put up i schools, though put top level decoratios o before puttig tree upright if over 6 feet ad cosider locatio, i.e. away from fire exits ad hot surfaces. Ad while we are o the subject of witer.. Make sure that you have sufficiet Salt Grit supplies CHECK NOW whe there is sow o the groud, salt grit disappears from the stores like the proverbial sow off a dyke. Also make sure that it is reasoably accessible to the perso allocated with the task of spreadig it first thig i the morig. Do t buy salt grit i such large quatities that you ed up with a maual hadlig hazard. You should also esure that your parets/carers ad pupils are fully aware of the safe routes ito school followig a sow fall. You should be iformig your parets ow via a ewsletter to save havig to hurriedly sed oe out whe that first sowflake floats past your ose. Check that you have appropriate pipe laggig ow ot whe water is pourig through the ceilig! fd Goveror Moitorig Packs Schools covered by the CFM radio statio areas ca ow access a ew webpage aimed specifically at recordig school closures due to bad weather, lack of heatig etc. The Head teacher or other Seior Maager ca register the school details at the followig lik ad the upload details at the time of closure. Ay details recorded will the be aouced via the breakfast radio show. No more searchig for radio telephoe umbers ad tryig to get through whe all other schools are doig the same. This is a brilliat ad iovative way of esurig that iformatio gets out to your parets i good time i the evet of a emergecy closure of your school. Register ow so that you are ready for the witer. Service Level Agreemets for ad beyod A umber of schools have asked for details of loger term cotracts with KAHSC. From 2011 you will be able to buy ito 1, 2 or 3 year packages from KAHSC. Iflatio proof your budget by buyig loger terms of service. Details available o request ad via the website i due course. Look out too for the ewly REVISED Goveror Moitorig Packs. Updated i lie with the latest i govermet guidace e.g. Screeig, Searchig ad Cofiscatio, Departmetal Advice o Health ad Safety for Schools etc. the revised Goveror Moitorig remais the tool of choice to help Goverors fulfill their duties ad resposibilities. 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