Guidance

Health and safety: advice for schools

Guidance to help schools understand their health and safety obligations.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 3 June 2013
• Last updated: 5 April 2022
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  1. 5 April 2022

     Updated to remove COVID-19 advice and updated links to Health and Safety Executive's guidance and the UKHSA guidance for public health incidents.

  2. 19 July 2021

     Updated with COVID-19-specific health and safety content.

  3. 26 November 2018

     Updated guidance.

  4. 13 February 2014

     A revised version of the' Health and safety: advice for schools' advice document has been uploaded to this page. Links and references to legislation have been updated.

  5. 3 June 2013

     First published.

Applies to England

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Health and safety: responsibilities and duties for schools

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This guidance is for:

• school employers
• proprietors
• headteachers
• school staff

It applies to:

• academies and free schools
• maintained schools
• local authorities
• independent schools
• non-maintained schools