Keeping health and safety out of the limelight at your academy

At this time of year, academies are being very publicly judged on the number of top A-Level and GCSE passes attained by their students.

If you are part of an academy or MAT management team and health and safety is one of your responsibilities, you may be forgiven for feeling unappreciated that parents and the media don’t rate your establishment on the results of your last health and safety assessment as well; people just assume that your buildings, equipment and estate are all safe.

However, you and your team work hard to ensure that students and staff have a safe environment to work and study in. When it comes to health and safety, you aren’t even as good as your last assessment, you have to maintain those high standards continually. You deserve a little more recognition – or perhaps you would prefer some additional specialist support.

Specialist outside help for maintaining academy health and safety standards

Managing health and safety properly takes up a large amount of valuable time. Using a specialist company, like Surveyors to Education, could free up time and give you the peace of mind knowing that experts are on the case to ensure compliance.

A complete health and safety solution for academies

S2e offers a comprehensive health and safety audit service for the academy sector, ensuring legal obligations are fulfilled and culminating in a detailed audit containing recommendations for future action and improvement:

• An audit of existing health and safety documentation

• A health and safety status questionnaire

• Inspection of the working and teaching environment

• A post-audit report

• An improvement action plan

• Full, post-audit support and guidance

We also provide the essential building blocks for an effective and sustainable health and safety management system to ensure ongoing statutory compliance with health and safety legislation.

Our qualified personnel will provide training and policy support and we offer access to online eLearning tools and a 24/7 advice line so that key members of staff remain informed and up to date.

Arrange a health and safety inspection

For more information about how S2e can help you remain health and safety compliant or to arrange a health and safety inspection, call 01530 276127 or email enquire@s2e.org.uk.