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Health and safety & premises management
- Checklist for school premises maintenance Use our handy checklist to help you maintain your premises and meet your statutory health and safety duties. Find out how often you should carry out tasks and checks, and how you can approach delegating some tasks to your schools.
- COVID-19 resource hub: leading your trust during coronavirus Practical advice and resources to help you every step of the way.
- First aid provision: requirements and guidance Find out what you need to do to comply with your responsibilities as an employer for first aid provision in your schools. The requirements cover risk assessments, qualifications, record keeping and more, so read this to make sure you're up to speed.
- From September: extended provision risk assessment for your academies Use our risk assessment to determine whether your academies can reopen their extended provision, such as after-school and breakfast clubs, from September.
- From September: scrutinising your schools' contingency plans The DfE expects each of your schools to have a contingency plan in place from the end of September to provide remote education in case of a local outbreak of coronavirus. As trustees, understand what the plan should cover and what you need to do to be sure all your schools are prepared for sudden closures.
- Health and safety audit: checklists Use our annual audit in each of your schools to help you comply with your health and safety duties as an employer. You'll also find checklists for classrooms.
- How to set your premises development strategy Use this step-by-step guide to help you set the premises development strategy for your MAT. Get expert advice on key steps in the process and download templates to help you along the way, including a suitability survey record form and premises strategy document.
- School reopening: guidance on hiring out your premises Find out what you and your schools need to think about and do to restart your lettings during coronavirus.
- School reopening: remote education contingency planning UpdatedFrom 22 October, you're legally required to provide remote education if pupils need it due to coronavirus. Find out what the remote learning contingency plan for your schools should cover and how to put it together. Adapt and share our template to help your schools plan how they'll operate in the event of local restrictions.
- School reopening: template risk assessment Your schools must thoroughly review their existing risk assessment ahead of reopening fully in September. Share our updated template with your schools to help guide them, and read our advice on what their next steps should be.
- School reopening: what's changing in autumn The government expects all children to be back in school from September. Here's a summary of what you need to know, based on the latest DfE guidance.