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Health and Safety Induction in Education eLearning
Online health and safety induction for school staff, the basics every new starter needs before their first day, from fire procedures to reporting an accident involving a pupil.
Who it is for
Who this health and safety induction in education course is for
Schools take on staff in waves, often at short notice, and supply and peripatetic staff may work in several settings a term. An induction they complete before arriving is the only practical way to cover the basics.
- New teaching and support staff
- Supply and peripatetic staff
- Site, catering and cleaning teams
- Volunteers and governors
- Contractors working on school premises
- Trainee teachers on placement
Course content
What the health and safety induction in education course covers
Five short lessons covering health and safety duties in a school, hazards in a school, fire and evacuation, accidents and reporting, and raising concerns, then a 12-question assessment.
Duties in a school
Who the employer is in different types of school, and the duties the law places on the school and on you, including to pupils and visitors.
Hazards in a school
The hazards most likely to hurt staff and pupils in schools, from slips and handling to practical subjects and contractors.
Fire and evacuation
What to do when the alarm sounds with a class, taking registers, and pupils who need help to evacuate.
Accidents, first aid and reporting
First aid arrangements, recording accidents to staff and pupils, and when RIDDOR applies, including to pupils.
Raising concerns, safety and safeguarding together
Reporting unsafe conditions, contractors on site, and where health and safety and safeguarding overlap.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Explain who the employer is and the duties you and your school have
- Recognise the common hazards in a school setting
- Follow a school evacuation, including helping pupils
- Record an accident involving staff or pupils and know when it must be reported
- Report unsafe conditions and recognise where safety and safeguarding overlap
Your legal duty
The law behind health and safety induction in education training
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require health and safety training on recruitment, which is what an induction is. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 places general duties on the employer and on employees. Section 3 covers people who are not employees: in a school, that means pupils and visitors.
Who the employer is depends on the school type: local authority, academy trust or governing body. Safeguarding sits under separate statutory guidance and is covered by its own course.
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 - training on recruitment
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 - sections 2, 3 and 7
- Section 3 covers pupils and visitors as people affected by the school's undertaking
- Safeguarding is governed by separate statutory guidance
Practicalities
How the course works
Would you rather have a tutor?
Safeguarding is a separate statutory subject with its own training.
For employers
Health and Safety Induction in Education training for a team
Supply and seasonal staff make school induction a recurring administrative problem. Licences allocated as people join solve it.
- One invoice instead of a card payment per person
- Licences allocated as people join, so induction is covered
- Completion and expiry reporting for your records
- Renewal reminders before certificates lapse
- Bespoke versions built around your own procedures
Health and Safety Induction in Education eLearning: common questions
No. It covers the general ground so your own briefing can concentrate on the building, the layout, local hazards and who is who.
Yes, and that is one of the strongest uses. Supply staff who arrive already holding the basics need a much shorter local briefing.
Only where safeguarding and safety overlap. Safeguarding is a separate statutory subject and has its own dedicated course.
Yes. Anyone who spends time on site benefits from the basics, and it gives the school a record that they were given.
About 30 to 45 minutes, with no time limit. Start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued as soon as you pass the end assessment.
Yes. It runs in a browser on any modern phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install.
Yes. Open a business account and we invoice you for the licences, which you allocate as people need them. Completion reporting is included.