Emergency Planning & Response for Schools

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About Course

Floods, power cuts, a serious accident on a trip, a cyber attack or an infectious disease outbreak – every school needs a plan. This course follows the Department for Education’s emergency planning guidance for education and childcare settings in England, helping you write, test and use a practical emergency plan that keeps children safe and education going.

This course provides general awareness of DfE emergency planning guidance for settings in England. Always follow your own setting’s plans, your local authority or trust, and advice from the emergency services.

What Will You Learn?

  • Know what a good emergency plan covers, according to DfE guidance Plan for a wide range of incidents, in and out of school hours Decide how to stay open safely, or close and reopen quickly Test the plan and learn lessons after an incident

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • What the guidance expects
  • Responding to an incident
  • Testing, wellbeing and learning lessons

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

Final Assessment

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