Investigation - Part G
Health and safety management within Lancashire County Council (LCC) as
a Local Education Authority (LEA)
These pages describe the education H&S management arrangements within
LCC in the environment of Fair Funding.
The lessons learned cover particularly the need for:
- unambiguous systems for assuring the competencies of staff
- LEAs to have policies which cover the eventuality of schools wishing
to do activities for which there are no nationally defined standards or
awards
- clear arrangements for the monitoring by the LEA of schools’
H&S performance consistent with the requirements of Fair Funding
- training and support for Governors to help them ask the right questions
on H&S
This Part has nine pages:
- Statutory responsibilities
- Local management of schools
- Appointing staff and checking competencies
- Standards for outdoor activity providers
- Role of Schools Advisers
- General H&S advice to schools
- Health and safety training
- Monitoring and audit
- Support for governors
It ends with a summary of the key learning points.
Note: The present tense is used for much of the text as
many of the procedures are still current. It will be clear from the context
where procedures have since been changed.
