SAFETY IN SCHOOL

The Governors and staff of Woodside School agree to promote the highest standards of health and safety throughout the school in accordance with the County Guidance Document on Health and Safety. There are also plans to improve the security of the school building during working hours by limiting access to the school to the front entrance and installing a monitored, locked front entrance and video surveillance cameras. At the current time all visitors to the school are required to sign in at the school office and wear a visitors badge while on the school premises.

The school safety representative will have overall responsibility for co-ordinating the implementation of practical health and safety measures. Health and safety responsibility for particular areas throughout the school premises is delegated to members of the school staff

Any health or safety hazard should be reported immediately to the Headteacher, Safety Representative or the school caretaker and entered into the Hazard Book which is located in the school office.

The school governors will receive a report on matters of health and safety from the Headteacher and this may be incorporated in the termly Headteacher’s report.

The Headteacher, with the help of the school safety representative will carry out a safety audit at least once per term. An annual health and safety audit report will be completed and forwarded to the Education Department Safety Co-ordinator by the end of the first week in April. Copies of this will be circulated to the school governing body.

The Health and Safety policy is available for inspection.

ILLNESS, INJURY AND MEDICINES IN SCHOOL

If a child is ill or injured during the day he/she will be cared for by one of our staff. Four of the staff are trained in first aid but this is not a requirement of the Department for Education. We do our best to deal with any illness or injury but we do not have a school nurse on site every day. If a child is injured in a manner that needs further medical attention we will contact you immediately. If the child is unable to continue at school the parents are contacted and the child is handed back into their charge. All parents are asked to provide two emergency telephone contacts in case they can not be contacted in person.

Please do not send children to school if the have been sick during the night or are unwell before school.

Schools are not obliged to accept responsibility for administering medicines to children. If a child requires regular medication it should be given at home or a parent can attend school to administer the medicine. If a child requires medication for a short period we will administer the medicine provided that it is sent to the school office in a labelled container with the child’s name and the dosage clearly marked. Children with asthma may take their own medication but please inform the headteacher in writing if this is necessary.