Health and safety for school children
Schools are responsible for your child鈥檚 safety while they鈥檙e at school or on a school trip.
Contact the school if you鈥檙e worried about your child鈥檚 health and safety. If you鈥檙e still concerned, tell the local council or the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
When schools are responsible for health and safety
Schools are responsible for day-to-day health and safety whenever your child is in the care of school staff - this includes school trips and clubs.
What schools are responsible for
Every school has a health and safety policy. Ask the school if you want to read it. It should contain details of what the school is responsible for (eg school trips) as well as what they should do to look after your child.
Schools must follow the same health and safety law for indoor temperature as other workplaces.
Class sizes
There鈥檚 no legal limit to class size for health and safety reasons. To help raise standards in maintained schools, children between 5 and 7 have a maximum class size of 30.
If something goes wrong
if there鈥檚 an accident or incident and you want advice about health and safety.
Who decides the health and safety policy and has ultimate responsibility for the health and safety of your child at school depends on the type of school.
Serious accidents at school
The school must report serious accidents, outbreaks of disease or dangerous incidents to the If you want to check that the school has done this, contact the HSE.