CLEAPSS Health and Safety Management for Heads of Science

CLEAPSS Health and Safety Management for Heads of Science is an interactive course with discussions and practical activities designed to enhance your understanding of the legislative framework, including risk assessment, and how it applies in schools.

You'll discuss potential accidents in school science and its implications for management. You'll have the opportunity to raise your own concerns.

Who this course is for

This course is fully booked. This course is ideal for:

• heads of science
• deputy heads of science
• heads of physics/chemistry/biology
• those aspiring to the above posts.

Course content

The course will cover:

• current and significant safety issues in science teaching
• what's required by health and safety legislation and the implications of this for the management of safety in science departments
• the risk assessment process, as required by the management regulatories, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations and others
• the uses of a safety policy and how it can be monitored
• devising an action plan
• discussion of checklists that could be used to audit your school's processes.

There'll be a discussion on common and not-so-common-but-more-serious accidents which occur in school science and the management implications for these.

You'll also have the opportunity to raise your own concerns. 

Teaching and structure

The day will be a mixture of input from the tutor, discussions, and a variety of activities.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you'll have: 

• explored in detail what health and safety legislation requires and what it does not
• considered what constitutes a sensible, manageable and effective approach to risk assessment
• appreciated the need for a health and safety policy and considered how its implementation can be sensibly monitored.

Costs and booking

If you are not able to pay by credit/debit card, an invoice will be raised for upfront payment. If this is your preferred method of payment, email ioe.shortcourses@ucl.ac.uk to enquiry how to book this course if you wish to pay by invoice.

About CLEAPSS

The Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of Science Services (CLEAPSS) has a membership of more than 28,000 schools and colleges, mainly in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, where its advice is recognised by HSE, DFE and OFSTED as representing best practice in these areas. As such, it's used by employers as the basis for them to discharge their responsibilities under the H&S at work act, 1999.