Supplementary guidance for inspecting safeguarding in schools and PRUs
Annex 6: Security
Site security and site safety
It is the responsibility of the headteacher and governing body to ensure that the school site and its building are safe. These arrangements will vary from school to school depending on the nature of the site and the age of the pupils on roll. Arrangements in primary schools may be different to those in secondary schools. In the case of a PRU, it is the local authority and not the teacher in charge / management committee that has ultimate responsibility.
We expect the school to:
- carry out a thorough risk assessment of the school site, for example taking account of site security, public rights of way, traffic management arrangements and the condition of all buildings
- make appropriate arrangements to manage those risks appropriately
- tell their employees about the risks and measures to be taken to manage the risks
- ensure that adequate training is given to employees on health and safety matters
The use of leisure centre facilities
It is the school’s responsibility to ensure that learners are safe when using leisure centre facilities. This should include not only pupil use of the facilities but also travel arrangements for getting to these when not on a shared site. Learners should have designated changing facilities that cannot be accessed by members of the public when in use by them. We expect the school to carry out a thorough risk assessment of the school’s use of such facilities and make appropriate arrangements to manage those risks appropriately.
