Health and safety in school settings

This training aims to empower teachers with the knowledge and skills required to create a safe, secure, and healthy learning environment. 

In this section, you will learn about what health and safety means. 

In this section, you will learn about the importance of health and safety in school settings.

In this section, you will learn about the definitions of hazard and risk, their types and how they differ. 

In this section, you will begin to learn about the different aspects of health and safety you will need to consider in your schools.

In this section, you will learn about physical safety as a crucial part of health and safety. You will learn its importance and how you can maintain physical safety for your students, visitors, yourself, and other staff. 

In this section, you will learn about the importance of hygiene as a means to ensure good health and safety in your school, as well as a way to prevent disease spread and cross-contamination.  

In this section, you will learn about the importance of psychological safety and how you can promote it in your schools.

In this section, you will begin learning how your school can prepare for emergencies.

In this section, you will learn the importance of a health and safety policy and how the policy can help your school prevent, prepare and respond appropriately to emergencies when they occur.

Practice makes perfect, they say. 

In this section, you will learn how evacuation drills, risk awareness, and safety procedures can help your school prepare for and respond to health and safety issues.

In this section, you will learn about the importance of first aid in emergency preparedness, the contents of a first aid box and who should be trained to administer first aid.

In this section, you will learn how your school can comply with health and safety requirements and who is responsible for that compliance. 

This section highlights the key points of this training and the objectives met. 

This section contains a list of references and additional reading to help improve your knowledge of health and safety and how you can apply that knowledge to prevent and respond to emergencies in your schools.