Health and safety for schools
The appointed competent person for 25 schools, nationwide.
Your health and safety team
Schools carry the same legal duties as any employer, with pupils, visitors and contractors on site every day. We act as the school's competent person and keep its documents current.
Headteacher
A clear view of statutory checks, the Risk Register and accidents, with reports ready for governors.
School Business Manager
Documents, contractors, certificates and the school's to do list, kept in one place.
Site Manager
Weekly and monthly site checks on a phone, and the maintenance schedule to work from.
What is included
One service covering the visits, the paperwork and the reporting.
On site
- Planned site visitsWith a written report after each one
- Fire risk assessmentCarried out by our fire specialists
- Contractor checksCompetence and paperwork before work starts
- Accident reviewsIncluding the RIDDOR reporting decision
Documents
- Policy and proceduresWritten for the school and kept current
- Risk assessmentsGeneral, individual pupil, staff and trips
- Emergency and lockdown plansWritten for your site and your staff
- Asbestos managementPlans and records kept up to date
Advice and reporting
- Advice between visitsBy phone and email, with a named adviser
- Termly and annual reportingSo governors can see progress
Your Adeptify Schools Portal
Everything the school needs to see, without searching through folders. Each person sees what their role needs.
Statutory checks at a glance
The maintenance schedule with the last and next date for every check, and the records behind it.
Site checks on a phone
Weekly and monthly checks for the Site Manager, done from a phone and filed automatically.
A Risk Register you can export
Actions, priorities and progress, ready to download for governors.
Accidents recorded and reviewed
Staff report through the school's own link, with no login needed. We review each report, make the RIDDOR decision and issue an Accident Review where one is needed.
Read and sign
Staff confirm they have read the policies, procedures and risk assessments that apply to them, and the school can see who has done so.
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“Adeptify look after all our Health and Safety needs, they have worked with our school for a number of years and I have always found them highly professional and thorough.”
Reena KomalYeading Junior SchoolRecent guidance
From the newsletter we send to our schools each month, edited for any school to use.
- Fire doors in schools: why they only work closedWhat usually fails on a fire door, the doors that get missed, the 45 degree closing test, and managing a door awaiting repair.
- School heating, gas safety and plant rooms before winterGas safety records, plant rooms used as stores, blocked flues, hot radiators and what to do if a carbon monoxide alarm sounds.
- School water hygiene: when cold water will not stay below 20 degreesLegionella control after the holidays: reopening flushes, missed outlets, and what to do when cold water runs above 20 degrees.
Common questions
Ask us directly and you will get a straight answer.
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What is a competent person for a school?
Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires every employer, including a school's employer, to appoint one or more competent persons to help it meet its health and safety duties. Many schools appoint an external adviser to fill that role. We act as the appointed competent person for 25 schools.
Who keeps the legal duty?
The employer does: the Local Authority, the trust or the Governing Body, depending on the type of school. Appointing a competent person is part of meeting that duty. We give the advice, do the agreed work and keep the evidence.
How often do you visit?
Visit frequency is agreed at the start, and every visit follows a planned programme so the year's checks and reviews are spread across it.
What happens between visits?
You can call or email for advice at any time, and urgent matters such as an accident, an inspection or a contractor problem are dealt with as they arise.
Do you work with trusts and federations?
Yes. We support single schools, federations and trusts, with documents written for each school and a consistent approach across the group.
Where are your schools?
We support schools nationwide. Many of our schools are in Hillingdon, Harrow and Ealing, with others in Buckinghamshire and south London.
Talk to us about your school.
Tell us the school's name and the support it has now. We will explain how the service would work for you.