School Emergency Plan

Document Type Policy
Title of document School Emergency Plan
Policy Reviewed: 18th September 2023
Policy Amended: 18th September 2023
Policy seen by all Staff: 20th September 2023
Maintained By Deputy Head teacher
Next Review Date 18th September 2024
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SYCAMORE HALL PREPARATORY SCHOOL
SCHOOL EMERGENCY PLAN
Emergency Procedure
Sycamore Hall is committed to ensuring that, in the event of a Major Emergency or
incident, the School will provide an effective Emergency response to minimise the impact
of the Emergency and ensure the wellbeing and safety of all children and adults in the
school’ care.
An Emergency incident or crisis can be clarified as an unexpected event which affects the
school community, and which causes disruption on a scale, which is beyond the normal
coping capacity of the School. The Emergency incident may involve significant threat,
damage or injury to property and individuals.
Action to be taken if an intruder enters the premises
If an intruder enters the premises the safety of the children is of the utmost priority.
1. The intruder will be observed closely by a member of staff (Mrs. S. Nicklin) who will
also try to ascertain the nature of his business and how much of a threat he/she is.
2. All children will be summoned to the School Hall and accompanied by a teacher.
3. The Headmistress will contact the local police.
The following are examples of Emergency Incidents that may impact on the School:
Fire or flood to buildings and contents
Death, accident or assault to members of staff or pupils Missing
Person(s)/abductions
Natural major Emergency incident - Earthquake, etc.
An intruder enters the premises
Objectives of School Emergency Plan
In the event of an emergency such as a flood, explosion, etc. the action taken should
concentrate on the evacuation of people and saving lives.
Ensure the Emergency incident is communicated quickly and clearly to supporting agencies,
enabling support arrangements to be rapidly activated, e.g. Fire Station, Police, etc.
Ensure that actions and decision making during the Emergency incident is properly
recorded.
To facilitate the return to normal working arrangements at the earliest time.
The Emergency Plan will be put into action by the Headmistress.