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Principles
This Extreme Weather Policy and procedures document is an important strand to our Health and Safety Policy. It promotes the development of speedy and accurate communication to all stakeholders.
Aims
- To enable parents and staff to make quick, safe and rational decisions during extreme weather.
- To promote positive attitudes towards health and safety.
- To promote a sense of responsibility to school and our role of carers.
- To ensure adequate supervision is maintained.
- To ensure all stakeholders appreciate the rationale behind decision-making.
- To enable parents, pupils and staff to arrive and leave school safely.
- To provide a knowledge base and ensure all stakeholders are aware of the communication network used during difficult circumstances brought on by severe weather or loss of main services.