Title of Policy: Health and Safety _____________________________________________________ Responsibility for the policy: The Active Learning Trust (ALT) is responsible for the overall Health and Safety Policy. The Academy/School Local Governing Body and Headteacher are responsible for the local implementation of the ALT policy and for the procedures which proceed from the policy _______________________________________________________________________. Statement of Intent The following statement will be adopted by each ALT Schools’ Local Governing Body. It sets out the health and safety objectives for the Trust with the aim of ensuring best practice in the management of health and safety. Throughout this document the term HSM relates to the Health and Safety Manager in each school.
The Active Learning Trust’s Statement of Intent The Active Learning Trust: • • • • • • • • • •
will take all reasonable steps to provide safe and healthy conditions for pupils, employees and others who may be affected by its activities; will assess risks to the health and safety of staff , pupils and others affected by the academy’s actions will take sensible and proportionate steps to ensure compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation; will provide adequate resources to implement this policy including access to support from health and safety competent persons. Where necessary external specialist advice and assistance will be obtained; accepts that health, safety and welfare are an integral part of all its activities and will take steps to manage these effectively; expects all employees and pupils to co-operate in complying with all legal obligations and to take reasonable care of their own health and safety and have regard for the health and safety of others; is committed to providing the necessary information, instruction, supervision and training to all employees and pupils where applicable; acknowledges and actively supports the role and responsibilities of employee representatives and will give full co-operation to elected Safety Representatives of recognised Trade Unions to enable them to carry out their duties is committed to regular evaluation and review of its Health and Safety Policy to ensure its objectives are met and, as necessary, to modifying the Policy in light of new legislation, incidents and other changing circumstances; will set out full details of the organisation and arrangements for the management of health and safety in the Academy in writing and communicate these to all employees.
It is a requirement that all members of staff read this Statement of Intent, the Summary of the Health and Safety Policy and those appendices which are relevant to their responsibilities, and sign that they have done so. 1