Strategic Safety Management for Education Leaders Training

From £60.00

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR:

Senior Leadership Teams, Headteachers, School Governors, and School Business Managers

Upcoming DATES:

2026

  • November 6th

2027

  • February 11th

SECURE YOUR SPOT

3 Hour Programme

  • Duration: 1 online sessions

  • Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm

Benefits of the Strategic Safety Management for Education Leaders Programme

Benefits for Educational Leaders

  • Enhance Personal Competence & Confidence: Build a clear, authoritative understanding of your personal legal accountabilities and statutory duties under health and safety law.

  • Streamline Strategic Decision-Making: Gain practical frameworks to integrate safety governance seamlessly into your broader school improvement and leadership plans.

  • Mitigate Personal & Institutional Liability: Understand your obligations under Section 37 of HASWA 1974 and corporate manslaughter legislation to protect yourself and your leadership team.

  • Master Proactive Oversight: Move away from reactive firefighting toward robust, data-driven systems that track leading indicators and improve safety culture.

Benefits for Schools & Educational Trusts

  • Protect Core Operations & Budgets: Safeguard school finances by avoiding costly HSE Fee for Intervention (FFI) charges, legal fees, supply staff disruptions, and uninsurable fines.

  • Strengthen Regulatory Compliance: Ensure your premises, risk profiling, emergency lockdown plans, and contractor vetting align perfectly with current HSE and educational standards.

  • Foster a Safer, Positive Culture: Promote an open reporting environment where near-misses and hazards are addressed proactively, protecting pupils, staff, and visitors.

  • Demonstrate Exemplary Governance: Provide governing bodies and academy trusts with reliable audit trails, structured governor safety walk frameworks, and robust board-level reporting tools.

Course Information

  • There are no formal entry requirements for this certificate.

    This course is specifically tailored for strategic decision-makers within educational settings. The entry requirements apply to:

    • Headteachers

    • Heads of School

    • Executive Heads with principal responsibilities

    • Health & Safety Governors or Trustees who hold strategic oversight and governance responsibilities

    Summary of Course Modules

    The training is delivered through a structured 3-hour virtual session mapped to the Plan-Do-Check-Act (HSG65) framework:

    • Module 1: The Executive Case for School H&S – Explores the moral, legal, and financial drivers, leadership accountability, and HASWA 1974.

    • Module 2: Setting the Strategy (Policy & Targets) – Focuses on translating vision into statutory policy structures and defining governance roles for the PLAN stage.

    • Module 3: Profile Risk & Implement Emergency Controls – Covers strategic risk profiling, premises safety, contractor management, and emergency security lockdown planning for the DO stage.

    • Module 4: Proactive Checking & Continual Improvement – Focuses on moving from reactive logging to proactive indicators, governor safety walks, and board reporting for the CHECK and ACT stages.

  • Assessment Method

    • Practical SWOT Analysis & Action Plan: Course assessment requires delegates to complete a structured SWOT Analysis framework evaluating their school or trust's current safety strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

    • Implementation Roadmap: Delegates formulate their top three high-impact priorities into a structured 14-day action plan to drive continuous safety improvements within their school or trust.

    Results & Certification

    • Return Timeline: Finalise and return the completed SWOT analysis and action plan form within 14 days of course completion to lock in implementation momentum.

  • Health & Safety in Care will:

    • Use suitably qualified and experienced tutors to deliver the tuition.

    • Cover all the specification learning outcomes.

    • Provide or direct you to the information you need to pass the qualification.

    • Provide you with expert advice on revision and assessment technique.

    • Respond in a timely manner to any queries.

    • Be diligent and courteous at all times.

    You must:

    • Attend the virtual session and actively participate in interactive group discussions, exercises, and breakout activities.

    • Contribute to discussions in a positive manner.

    • Endeavour to be active, rather than passive in terms of learning.

    • Complete and return the completed SWOT analysis and action plan within 2 weeks of the end of the course.

    • Bring any learning difficulties to our attention at the earliest opportunity.

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