School asbestos management review checklist
- Version
- v1
- Updated
- 1 October 2026
- Who this checklist is for
- Maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England, for administrative review and action recording. Adapt this checklist to the school's asbestos arrangements; it does not replace physical maintenance, repair or specialist asbestos work.
- Jurisdiction
- england
17 checklist steps
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Define the review
Record the school, buildings or areas covered, reviewer and review date before assessing the arrangements.
Review status
Select the status that best describes the review at the time it is completed.
Choose one
- Review completed
- Review partly completed
- Review not started
- Not applicable to the scope selected
Record the review scope
Response required
Identify the school site, buildings, rooms or other areas included in this review.
Enter the site and areas reviewed
Check available asbestos information
Review the asbestos information available for the scope selected and record whether it was located and considered during this review.
Choose one
- Located and reviewed
- Located but only partly reviewed
- Not located
- Not applicable to the scope selected
Record information reviewed
List the asbestos information, records or other arrangements that were reviewed, without adding documents that were not available.
Record document names, references or locations
Review responsibilities
Check whether responsibilities for asbestos management arrangements are identified and record any uncertainty or gap.
- Yes
- No
- Not applicable
Notes
Record responsibility arrangements
Record the roles, named people or organisational arrangements identified during the review. Do not infer an appointment where none is recorded.
Record roles, names or unresolved responsibility gaps
Review precautions and controls
Review the precautions and management controls identified for the selected scope and record whether they appear suitable based on the information available to the reviewer.
Choose one
- Suitable based on information reviewed
- Partly suitable or incomplete
- Concern or deficiency identified
- Insufficient information to determine
- Not applicable to the scope selected
Record identified deficiencies
Describe each deficiency, uncertainty or further action identified during the review. Keep separate issues as separate entries where possible.
Describe the deficiency, uncertainty or further action
Classify the recorded issue
Select the current status of the issue being recorded.
Choose one
- No further action identified
- Further action needed
- More information or evidence needed
- Specialist input may be needed
- Status unclear
Assign an action owner
For each further action, record the person, role or organisation responsible for progressing it. If no owner is identified, record that gap.
Enter the action owner or record that no owner is identified
Record the target date
For each further action, record the target date stated by the school or responsible organisation. If no target date has been set, record that gap rather than creating one.
Enter the target date or record that none has been set
Record supporting evidence
List the records or other evidence available to support the review finding or planned action. Do not claim evidence that has not been seen.
Record evidence references, locations or links
Record closure status
Select the current closure status for the action or deficiency being tracked.
Choose one
- Open
- In progress
- Closed with evidence recorded
- Reported closed but evidence not recorded
- Not applicable
Record closure evidence
Where an action is recorded as closed, list the evidence used to support closure. Where evidence is unavailable, record that it has not been provided.
Enter closure evidence references or state that evidence is unavailable
Review outstanding actions
Before closing this review, check that every identified deficiency or further action has a recorded status, owner where applicable, target date where set, and closure evidence where claimed.
- Yes
- No
- Not applicable
Notes
Record review notes
Add any limitations, unresolved questions, follow-up arrangements or adaptation needed for the school's asbestos management arrangements.
Enter final review notes