Arrival and Departure of Pupils Risk Assessment RISK ASSESSMENT FOR: Arrival and Departure of Pupils Establishment: Assessment by: Date: Manager Approval: Date: Hampstead Hill School 1st Review Date Due : Severity 1-3 Minor Moderate Severe Hazard / Risk Likelihood Slight injury/illness Injury/Illness causing short term disability Fatality or major injury or illness causing long term disability Who is at Risk? How can the hazards cause harm? Likelihood Low (1) Medium(2) High (3) 1 2 3 Low Medium High Severity Minor (1) Moderate (2) Severe (3) Where harm will seldom occur Where harm will often occur When it is certain or near certain that harm will occur Risk Multiply Risk x Severity Control Measures/Comment 1 2 3 Are Normal Control Measures Y/N/NA In Place Arrival and Departure Trips Adequate 1. Parents and pupils aware of school policy on arrival times 2. Member of staff on duty at least 10 minutes before school starts 3. Proper procedures at the end of the day for the collection of pupils 4. Measures to ensure all children are collected by a named adult 5. Pupils not collected on time are HHS Risk Assessment – Arrival and Departure of Pupils September 2014 Review Due: September 2015 Arrival and Departure of Pupils Risk Assessment required to wait in school 6. Supply teachers made aware of all procedures 7. Due note taken of recommendations by Kidscape for pupils’ security Doors open at 7.45. Staff are on duty at 7.45. Very few accidents or incidents occur at the start of the school day. On wet days, the current arrangements are that wet areas are mapped and hazard signs put out. Children go directly to class, or in the case of the Upper School, St Stephen's Hall. Pupils are either supervised by their parents to the staff who are on duty. 1. Pupils arriving too early for school See Above 2. Pupils unsupervised See Above 3. Re pupils’ security See Above 4. Re staff security See Above HHS Risk Assessment – Arrival and Departure of Pupils September 2014 Review Due: September 2015 Arrival and Departure of Pupils Risk Assessment 5. Accidents to pupils See Above Falls Arguments/fights After School LATE COLLECTION OF CHILD ABANDONED CHILD Children moving within the school for clubs/additional activities HHS Risk Assessment – Arrival and Departure of Pupils Appropriate adult: pupil supervision Children are not left unattended After fifteen minutes ring the parent or carer to arrange collection. If there is no parental or career contact, speak with a member of the SMT. Continue to try and make contact with all contact numbers listed for the child or another sibling. Clubs: organisers/school staff pick up, deliver and collect the children from the various room used in the school for clubs. This all takes place within school opening hours. September 2014 Review Due: September 2015 Arrival and Departure of Pupils Risk Assessment Additional Hazards Identified in this School Estimated Risk Level High Med. Control Measures to be Instituted Action Dated Lo w Teacher on duty from 2.30 onwards. First Aiders are on site as the school is still fully operational. The club organisers collect eh children from the classes and delivers them to the club Additional Control Measures (to take account of local/individual circumstances including changes such as working practices, equipment, staffing levels). Action by Whom (list the name of the person/people who have been designated to conduct actions) Action by When (set timescales for the completion of the actions – remember to prioritise them) Action Completed (record the actual date of completion for each action listed) DATE OF REVIEW: Record actual date of review COMMENTS: Record any comments reviewer wishes to make. Including recommendations for future reviews. DATE OF REVIEW: COMMENTS: HHS Risk Assessment – Arrival and Departure of Pupils Residual Risk Rating (See below) September 2014 Review Due: September 2015 Arrival and Departure of Pupils Risk Assessment DATE OF REVIEW: COMMENTS: Employees informed of risk assessment via all of the following means: Employees to report newly-identified hazards via: 1. Urgent announcement (if deemed necessary) to pupils and/or staff 2. Copy of this RA to all staff for insertion in their RA Handbooks 3. Copy of RA on notice boards and wherever else appropriate Written notification to the Principal Date of next assessment: Assessment frequency: Date: Yearly Signed: HHS Risk Assessment – Arrival and Departure of Pupils September 2014 Review Due: September 2015