Implications of Ofsted’s 2025 Education‑Inspection Framework for School Premises Management
Background – How the 2025 framework differs The new Education‑Inspection Framework (EIF) announced in September 2025 applies to all school inspections in England from 10 November 2025. It replaces the four‑judgement approach and introduces a 5‑point grading scale...
Lockdown Procedures in Schools: What You Need to Know Ahead of the New Terrorism Bill
In light of the upcoming Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, often referred to as Martyn’s Law, all schools in the UK will soon have new legal duties to protect pupils, staff, and visitors from potential terrorist incidents. While many schools already have fire...
Preparing for Darker Nights – Safety, Security and Risk Assessment
With the clocks going back, many schools find that darker mornings and afternoons bring new challenges for staff, pupils, and visitors. Reduced daylight increases the risk of slips, trips, falls, and site security issues, and it can also highlight gaps in maintenance...
How Dangerous is Working at Height?
In 2023/24, there were 50 work-related fall-from-height fatalities in the UK, over a third of all work-related fatal injuries and a substantial increase over the previous year. Often the causes are a lack of suitable risk assessment and planning, little/no...