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Health and safety

Learn how governing boards ensure that legal responsibilities are being met and how to monitor health and safety effectively.

Guidance
23/03/2026

The governing board has a responsibility to ensure that neither pupils nor employees are put at unnecessary risk while at school or on school business.

The governing board oversees health and safety at a strategic level, influencing the management, culture and performance of health and safety.

This guidance is intended to help governing boards understand health and safety processes and activities in a school/trust, ensure that legal responsibilities are being met and monitor health and safety effectively.

Our guidance covers:

  • the legal framework
  • health and safety policies and procedures
  • monitoring health and safety performance including a monitoring checklist

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