[senco-forum] risk assessment

When taking children out on coaches etc, we as a school were expected to
do a risk assessment that included the journey on the coach, with all of
the things that you have mentioned.  If we went to a specific building -
theatre or some such, they were expected to have a risk assessment already
in place, so we did not cover that part.

I do not recall ever requesting one from a coach company, but perhaps
regulations have changed in the six months since I retired!

Regards

Jean

 Hi All
>
> My husband owns a fleet of minibuses and small coaches.  He has just
> contacted me to tell me that a school he is collecting pupils from wants
> a risk assessment and asked me what that means.  He's taken pupils of
> all ages for years and this is the first time he'd been asked that
> question
>
> I immediately thought of things like ease of access onto the bus, asking
> Staff to ensure pupils wear their seatbelts, parking at the other end to
> ensure the kids are safe getting off the bus and on again.  What have I
> missed?  Or have I got it all wrong?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Kind regards
>
> Angie Reese
> Specialist Teacher of the Deaf
> Nuffield Hearing and Speech Centre / Paediatric Cochlear Implant
> Department
> Royal National Throat Nose and Ears Hospital
> Gray's Inn Road
> London WC1X 8DA
>
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