Science: health and safety
Radiation protection
CLEAPSS released an updated L93 booklet in November 2019. The booklet can be accessed from the CLEAPSS website you will need your username and password).
CLEAPSS
Schools are asked to support the RPO (Joanna Conn at HfL) to keep records up to date by completing and returning the form 16.2 (L93 p88) with details of all sources kept on site.
Schools should ensure that all new teachers are trained in the use of radioactive sources.
The Radiation Supervisor should ensure that the Standard Operating Procedures (see 6.6 p25 of L93) are up to date. A copy of this should always accompany radioactive sources and associated practical equipment when used by teachers in the classroom.
The information below will be needed by schools in order to complete their SOP:
- The Hertfordshire RPA is Niall Higbee, who is available through the CLEAPSS RPA service.
- The Hertfordshire RPO is Joanna Conn, address as on contacts page.
- The hospital can be your local hospital.
All school-based Radiation Protection Supervisors are required to attend training on a three yearly cycle. To find out about local courses please use the CLEAPSS website.
Schools’ chemical and waste disposal annual exercise
Hertfordshire County Council no longer provides the collection and contracting service for schools in the area.
Schools should use the CLEAPSS document PS005 to identify local contractors who can arrange collection and disposal of school chemical waste.
Becoming an academy
CLEAPSS has produced helpful guidance for schools that are changing to academy status:
The Association for Science Education has also produced a document highlighting the health and safety implications of academy status for schools:
Association for Science Education: Schools and academies – health and safety implications
Be safe resource
Be Safe - 4th Edition (9780863574269). An indispensable and bestselling resource – every primary school needs at least one copy. Includes information on:
- risk assessment for primary teachers
- food hygiene
- studies outside the classroom
- making things safely (Design Technology)
- the safe use of chemicals, animals and plants
- managing health and safety in a primary setting
Available from: