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Reusable unscored risk register for schools in England to identify and assess hazards associated with educational visits involving caving, climbing, trekking, watersports or another activity requiring an adventure-activity licence. Use conditionally where the visit includes such an activity; do not treat this resource as evidence that a particular visit, provider or control has been completed or adopted.

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Identify harmful substances and hazardous processes, assess exposure routes, frequency and duration, identify affected workers and other people, and document existing controls and further actions. Apply the control hierarchy before relying on personal protective equipment.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for assessing the quantity, location, accessibility, labelling and suitability of first-aid materials, equipment and facilities needed for the school population, sites, activities and identified risks. Apply to maintained and academy schools in England according to the school's first-aid needs and the people and activities it supports.

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Provide a reusable, unscored register for considering first-aid needs arising from pupils, students, visitors and other non-employees, including staffing, equipment, training and incident arrangements. Complete and adapt it to the school's activities, population and circumstances where applicable.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for educational visits that may fall outside current school policies or require additional planning. Record the visit-specific hazards, confirmed existing controls and proposed controls without presuming that any control, approval or arrangement has been completed.

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A reusable, unscored register for identifying and assessing legionella sources and affected persons associated with school water systems, recording existing controls separately from proposed controls, and documenting review triggers. Use where the school is an employer, controls premises, or has health and safety responsibilities for others, including maintained and academy schools where those conditions apply.

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Provide a reusable, unscored register for determining whether lifting equipment is provided or used for work, identifying relevant equipment and users, deciding whether detailed LOLER controls are needed, and recording competent-person examination arrangements where applicable.

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Reusable unscored risk register for assessing ground, stability, work-at-height and falling-object hazards associated with MEWP operations in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England, excluding independent schools.

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Reusable unscored risk register for assessing mobile work equipment risks in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England, where the school provides relevant equipment.

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Reusable, unscored register for assessing proposed work equipment or machinery before purchase, including intended use, users, foreseeable health and safety risks, manufacturer controls and supplier engagement where equipment is complex or custom-built.

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Reusable unscored register for assessing first-aid provision before an educational visit, outdoor learning session or other off-site activity. Record activity-specific hazards, confirm existing controls separately from proposed controls, and identify further actions without assigning numerical risk values.

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Reusable, unscored register for assessing infection and other public health incident risks in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England, and for documenting existing and proposed controls.

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Reusable, unscored pre-visit risk register for maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England planning educational visits that include caving, climbing, trekking, watersports or another activity requiring an adventure-activity licence. Use before the visit; do not use this resource to add activities during the trip. Complete site-, provider-, participant- and activity-specific details separately where applicable.

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Reusable, project-specific register for assessing whether construction, refurbishment, demolition, repair or other work may disturb asbestos or building fabric, and for recording required surveys, information, competence, licensing status and controls without assigning risk scores.

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Reusable, unscored register for identifying known or foreseeable asbestos-related health and safety risks to employees, pupils, students, visitors, contractors and other premises users, separating controls that may already exist from controls proposed for verification, implementation or review.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England where asbestos or presumed asbestos may be present, or where work could disturb asbestos-containing materials. Use to assess known, presumed and potentially hidden materials; identify people who may be exposed; record verified existing controls separately from proposed controls; define arrangements for routine maintenance, construction work and emergencies; and track remedial or further-management actions. Applicability remains conditional and must be confirmed for the individual premises.

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Reusable unscored risk register for maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England to assess known, presumed and potentially hidden asbestos-containing materials, identify people who may be exposed, specify controls for routine and planned work, define emergency arrangements and record remedial actions. Applicable only where asbestos or presumed asbestos may be present in school buildings or where work could disturb asbestos-containing materials.

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Reusable, unscored register for identifying harmful substances and process-generated contaminants, assessing exposure routes and affected people, recording existing controls separately from proposed controls, and assigning further actions. Complete it for the specific substances, processes, locations and people at risk. Where lead or asbestos is relevant, consider the separate regulatory arrangements rather than treating this register as a substitute for them.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for assessing a school's vulnerability to river, coastal, surface-water and reservoir flooding, drainage capacity, roof ponding, blockages, contamination, water damage, disruption and required controls or remedial actions.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for identifying, managing, recording and reviewing hazards in school grounds and external areas that pupils, staff or visitors may access.

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Reusable unscored risk register for maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England when significant premises alterations have occurred or are planned. Use it to identify changed fire risks, verify existing precautions, record proposed controls and remedial actions, and determine whether fire safety documentation requires updating. Trigger the assessment by the relevant alteration rather than by an invented fixed calendar review. Record site-specific findings only after verification.

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Reusable unscored register for assessing workplace and workforce hazards, organisation size, staffing, premises, activities, mobile or off-site work and foreseeable attendance to determine first-aider numbers, appointed-person arrangements, facilities, equipment, training and information needs.

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Reusable, unscored register for assessing first-aid needs and provision for employees, pupils, students, visitors and other relevant non-employees in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England. Use the register to record site-specific arrangements, identify gaps and separate existing controls from proposed controls.

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Reusable, unscored register for assessing first-aid needs and recording existing and proposed controls for staff, pupils, students, visitors and others in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England.

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Reusable, unscored assessment for determining and recording first-aid needs and provision for employees, pupils, visitors and other relevant people in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England. The assessment should reflect the school's staffing, premises, population, activities and actual hazards.

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Reusable, unscored register for assessing first-aid needs in maintained and academy schools in England, including workplace hazards and risks, organisation size, staffing, premises, activities and foreseeable attendance, and for recording existing and proposed controls separately.

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Reusable unscored register for assessing first-aid needs at a maintained or academy primary or secondary school workplace in England. Complete with site-specific information and revisit when workplace, workforce or risk circumstances change.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for assessing first-aid needs and recording decisions about first-aid personnel, equipment and facilities in primary and secondary schools in England, including whether a first-aid room is required and whether provision for non-employees should be considered.

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Provide an unscored, reusable risk register for assessing and reviewing vulnerability to river, coastal, surface-water and reservoir flooding, drainage and roof risks, defects, remedial actions and post-storm conditions. Use only where relevant flood, drainage or roof risks may apply.

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Reusable, unscored register for identifying hazards arising from a school's food business or catering operation, recording controls currently in place, proposing additional controls, and documenting review triggers and actions following changes.

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Reusable unscored register for identifying, managing, reviewing and recording arrangements for hazards in school grounds and external areas that may be accessible to pupils, staff or visitors.

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Reusable, unscored register for identifying significant risks to staff, pupils, visitors and others affected by school activities, recording verified existing controls separately from proposed controls, and documenting review triggers and resulting actions.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for proportionate assessment of educational visits outside existing school policies or requiring additional planning. Record visit-specific hazards, existing controls, proposed controls, participant capabilities, planning requirements and approval requirements without pre-populating site observations, equipment links, maps or risk scores.

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Reusable unscored risk register for assessing hot-water temperatures at points of use, identifying people and locations at risk, recording existing controls separately from proposed controls, and documenting corrective actions needed to prevent scalding.

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Reusable, unscored register for assessing explosion, flame-failure, ventilation, gas-supply interlock, carbon monoxide and combustion-product risks associated with industrial or commercial gas plant in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England. Use only where such plant is operated, including larger catering or specialist process equipment; it is not required solely because ordinary domestic-scale gas appliances are present.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for identifying lifting equipment and lifting operations at a maintained or academy school in England, and for recording existing and proposed controls relating to strength, stability, positioning, installation, operation, examination, inspection, defects and information keeping. Applicability remains conditional until supported by site evidence.

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Reusable, unscored register for identifying whether lifting equipment or lifting operations are provided, controlled or used by a maintained or academy school in England, and for recording existing and proposed controls without assuming that equipment or operations are present.

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Reusable, unscored register for identifying hazards, recording existing controls and documenting proposed controls for lifting equipment and lifting operations in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England. Use only where the school provides, controls, hires or uses lifting equipment or carries out lifting operations.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for assessing lifting operations, equipment and accessories, load limits, attachment and securing methods, ground and environmental conditions, competence, supervision, exclusion zones, and risks from moving equipment or falling loads. Apply conditionally where a school undertakes, arranges or controls lifting operations involving hoists, lifts, cranes, fork lifts, telehandlers, lifting accessories or similar equipment.

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Reusable, unscored register for recording whether a school provides or uses lifting equipment at work, identifying relevant equipment and users, determining whether detailed LOLER controls are needed, and recording competent-person examination arrangements where LOLER applies.

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Reusable, unscored register for recording manual-handling activities, task-specific hazards, existing controls, proposed controls, responsibilities and review triggers. Complete it using the school's actual tasks, loads, working environment and people involved. It does not assign severity, likelihood or residual values.

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Reusable, unscored register for recording manual-handling tasks, loads, environments, people exposed, existing controls and proposed risk-reduction measures in primary and secondary schools in England. Use the HSE manual-handling risk filters where useful to help decide whether a detailed assessment is proportionate, and use a relevant HSE assessment tool or equivalent where structured evaluation would assist. Record how findings inform risk reduction.

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Reusable unscored risk register for assessing hazards associated with mobile elevating work platform operation on school grounds or other ground under school control, including work at height and exposure of people below the platform.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for risks arising from school-provided or school-controlled mobile work equipment. Use only where applicable, including grounds, estate or maintenance machinery, equipment carrying people, or self-propelled equipment. Record existing controls separately from proposed controls and do not assume that any control is in place unless verified.

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Reusable, unscored register for identifying and managing safeguarding risks before online-safety lessons or related activities that may prompt disclosures or address sensitive online harms.

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Provide a reusable, unscored register for assessing vehicle and pedestrian movements at primary and secondary schools in England, including maintained and academy schools, where vehicle access, parking, playgrounds or routes used by staff, pupils or visitors are present. Record existing controls separately from proposed controls, together with remedial measures and changes to the site layout.

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Reusable unscored risk register for assessing fire, burn and electrical-overload risks before portable heating equipment is used in a school, including equipment restrictions, electrical-load considerations, inspection arrangements and removal or isolation criteria.

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Reusable unscored risk register for assessing risks from power presses used for working on cold metal in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England. Use only where site evidence confirms that the equipment is a power press used for working on cold metal; ordinary school machinery must not be treated as a power press without supporting site evidence.

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Reusable unscored risk register for recording risks arising from school premises, plant, access routes, workplace fabric, external areas and their use by pupils, staff, visitors and contractors. The completed register should reflect the actual premises, hazards, responsibilities, controls and user groups.

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Reusable unscored risk register for identifying and managing risks to pupils, staff, visitors and contractors arising from school buildings, external areas, access routes, plant, workplace conditions and premises use. Complete for the premises and activities within the control of the responsible organisation, including where responsibility is shared or conditional.

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Identify applicable pressure systems, determine the proportionate arrangements required for safe design and use, and record written schemes, competent-person examinations, maintenance, defects and corrective actions where applicable.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for assessing whether a school meets the applicable radon measurement trigger, recording radon-area status, occupied-basement use, measurement results, exposure controls, mitigation decisions and applicable regulatory actions. Applicability remains conditional on the school's actual site and occupancy: use where the school is in a radon-affected area, or where a basement in a non-radon area is occupied for more than an average of one hour per week.

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Provide an unscored, reusable risk register for determining whether radon measurements are applicable, arranging measurements where required, assessing recorded results and documenting decisions or mitigation needed to limit exposure.

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Provide a reusable, unscored register for identifying and assessing breakage and impact risks affecting windows and transparent or translucent surfaces in walls, partitions, doors and gates, and for recording existing and proposed controls.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for assessing structural-safety risks affecting school buildings in England. Complete for each relevant building or structure using the actual construction, use and environmental conditions, and record only controls and conditions that have been verified.

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Reusable unscored risk register for schools in England that operate swimming or hydrotherapy pools. Use it to assess the whole user population, identify necessary controls and emergency arrangements, and review whether a fatal incident could occur quickly. Complete only where the school operates, or plans to operate, a swimming or hydrotherapy pool.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for assessing work-equipment risks in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England. Use it for equipment suitability, intended use, users, installation conditions, deterioration, inspection needs, maintenance arrangements, equipment supplied by others, defect controls and actions required to keep equipment safe.

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Reusable unscored risk register for assessing work equipment suitability, dangerous parts, access to danger zones, guarding, protective devices, use, inspection, maintenance, training and further actions in schools.

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Reusable, unscored register for assessing the suitability of work equipment for its intended use, workplace conditions and users; identifying equipment-specific hazards, restrictions and controls; and recording further actions for equipment owned, hired, supplied or controlled by the school. Use for school employees who use work equipment and preserve conditional applicability where equipment is supplied by another party or new machinery is placed on the Great Britain market.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for identifying work-at-height activities undertaken by school employees, the locations and tasks where a person could fall, people exposed, existing controls, proposed controls, safe-working arrangements, competence requirements, restrictions and actions needed to prevent falls. Complete and adapt it to the actual activities and premises before use.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for identifying work-at-height activities undertaken by employees and defining proportionate arrangements for preventing falls, including arrangements for safe working, competence and supervision. Use only where employees undertake work at height at or for the school.

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Reusable, unscored risk register for assessing health, safety and welfare risks for people under 18 who are employed or hosted by a maintained or academy school in England, including workers, work-experience participants and apprentices. Apply only where relevant to the person's role, workplace, activities and supervision needs.

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School-Wide Health and Safety Risk Assessment

Reusable, unscored register for identifying, documenting and managing applicable school-wide health and safety risks in maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England. Use only for risk topics relevant to the school's premises, activities and workforce; it is distinct from optional ordinary classroom checklist reviews.

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Specialist Classroom and Facility Activity Risk Register

Reusable, unscored risk register for identifying hazards, recording verified existing controls, and defining proposed controls for specialist classrooms and facilities. Use separate entries for the activities, equipment and substances relevant to each facility.

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Reusable unscored register for assessing and managing potential asbestos risks associated with system-built school structures, including structural columns, panel infill and other system-building components. Applicability remains conditional where the premises are confirmed as system-built or where construction status is unknown and requires confirmation.

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