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Fire Safety and Evacuation for Schools eLearning
Online fire safety training for schools: evacuating a building full of children, accounting for classes, and the arrangements for pupils who cannot self-evacuate.
Who it is for
Who this fire safety and evacuation for schools course is for
Evacuating a school is not evacuating an office. Hundreds of children, class registers, pupils with additional needs, and staff who must stay calm while doing it. The arrangements have to be understood before the alarm sounds.
- All school staff, teaching and support
- Site and premises managers
- School business managers and bursars
- Early years and SEN staff
- Catering, cleaning and office teams
- Governors with a premises remit
Course content
What the fire safety and evacuation for schools course covers
Six short modules on prevention, evacuation and accounting for people in a school setting.
Fire in a school setting
How fires start in schools, and the specific risks of practical spaces and storage.
Prevention
Housekeeping, storage, electrical safety, and the corridors that fill up with display material.
Fire doors and escape routes
Why fire doors matter, and the everyday habits that defeat them.
Evacuating classes
Getting a class out calmly, taking the register, and what teachers should not do.
Pupils who need help
Refuges, assisted evacuation and personal emergency evacuation plans.
Assembly and roll call
Accounting for pupils, staff and visitors, and reporting to the fire service.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Recognise the fire risks specific to a school
- Keep escape routes and fire doors effective
- Evacuate a class calmly and account for pupils
- Support pupils who cannot self-evacuate
- Take part in an assembly point roll call
- Explain what a personal emergency evacuation plan is for
Your legal duty
The law behind fire safety and evacuation for schools training
In England and Wales the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to schools like any other non-domestic premises. The responsible person must carry out a fire risk assessment, put general fire precautions in place, make arrangements for evacuation and provide employees with adequate fire safety training.
Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own fire safety legislation. Who the responsible person is in a school depends on the school type and its arrangements with the local authority or trust.
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 - England and Wales
- Duty to make evacuation arrangements and provide adequate training
- Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own fire safety legislation
- The responsible person varies by school type
Practicalities
How the course works
For employers
Fire Safety and Evacuation for Schools training for a team
Fire arrangements only work if every adult on site knows them, including catering, cleaning and office staff.
- 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
Nominated wardens in a school need the warden-specific course. See Fire Warden in Education →
Fire Safety and Evacuation for Schools eLearning: common questions
Annually is the interval most schools set, alongside termly drills. The certificate itself is valid for three years.
Yes. Refuges, assisted evacuation and personal emergency evacuation plans are covered as a module, because they are the part most often left unplanned.
Accounting for pupils is central to a school evacuation, and the course covers how it usually works. Your own procedure sets the detail.
No. Nominated wardens or marshals in a school need the warden course, which covers sweeping, roll call and reporting.
About 30 minutes, with no time limit: start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued the moment you finish.
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, with completion reporting included.
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