School Closures & Emergency Protocols
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS REGARDING CRITICAL INCIDENTS
Emergency or critical incidents which may occur in any school, and which affect pupils, teachers, parents or the school site and have a direct impact on operational ability.
This information is to make parents aware of these types of incidents and the school’s response to them.
The way that the school will communicate with parents is also included.
TYPES OF INCIDENTS
Natural disasters: flood, storm, fire, snow
Medical: food poisoning, meningitis, pandemic flu
Major accident: chemical spillage, transport, explosion
Off site: outdoor education, road traffic accident
Human: terrorism, threat, violence, serious injury, death
RESPONSES TO INCIDENTS
1. Evacuation from building / site (e.g. fire on site, bomb threat)
2. Lock down (e.g. swarm of bees, intruder in grounds, other danger in grounds)
3. Closure of school (e.g. adverse weather, medical issues, failure of gas or electricity supplies or key issues in school eg heating)
4. Accident / injury – on site or off site
5. Pastoral care e.g. death / injury of a member of the school community or their family
KEY ROLES
The Head Teacher and senior staff are responsible for ensuring that incidents are managed in a way that maintains the health, safety and well-being of all.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
These are ways in which you will be informed of emergency closures and subsequent re-opening of the school or other emergency situations.
Pimperne Primary website: www.pimperne.dorset.sch.uk
Pimperne Primary Facebook Page Pimperne Primary | Blandford Forum | Facebook
An email or text from the school via MCAS App
Heart Radio – 102.3 FM Heart Dorset Radio - Heart 102.3 - Dorset
Wave 105 Radio - www.wave105.com
In the unlikely event of children having to be evacuated from the building or site parents would be given information at the time regarding collection arrangements. We respectfully ask that parents await school communication and do not attend site before this is given.