Warrington School/Board Of Trustees/Health and Safety Policy

Warrington School Health and Safety Policy (National Administration Guideline 5)

Students and staff shall have a safe physical and emotional learning environment. Therefore, the principal shall not fail to:

• take all reasonable steps to protect students, staff and visitors to the school from unsafe or unhealthy conditions
• ensure there is zero tolerance to bullying
• ensure there are effective processes in place for dealing with bullying
• comply with the provisions of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
• provide a smoke free environment
• ensure a risk analysis management system (RAMS) is carried out where and when appropriate
• seek approval for all overnight stays/camps attesting first to their compliance with (4) above
• consult with the community every two years regarding the health programme being delivered to students
• provide privacy of personal documentation held at the school
• advise the board chair of any emergency situations as soon as possible

Review schedule: Triennially

Under NAG 5 Warrington School also has the following procedures which can be found on the wiki. http://wikieducator.org/Warrington_School/Board_Of_Trustees

• Pandemic Planning
• Education outside the classroom (EOTC)
• Custodial agreements
• Emergency
• Health and safety
• Sexual and physical abuse
• Smoking drugs and alcohol