Expert-led Health & Safety training tailored for your estates site team
Managing a school estate comes with a vast number of regulatory responsibilities. Between shifting Department for Education (DfE) guidance and strict statutory legislation, ensuring your site team is fully trained isn't just best practice, it is a legal requirement.
S2e has expanded its health and safety training services to offer a comprehensive range of compliance courses. Our sessions are designed specifically for the full range of the education sector from independent schools with heritage portfolios to multi-academy trusts (MATs) and individual school site teams. To make delivery as flexible as possible, we can run these sessions face-to-face on your school premises, at the S2e offices, or online via a live webinar.
Meeting your statutory obligations
Under The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, employers are legally required to provide employees with clear health and safety training. For schools and academies, this training serves as vital compliance evidence during audits and risk inspections.
Our courses also align closely with the DfE’s Good Estate Management for Schools (GEMS) framework. This guidance explicitly highlights the need for a competent, fully trained workforce to maintain safe, compliant learning environments. Our awareness-level courses provide the exact benchmarks your teams need to manage day-to-day estate risks confidently.
The expert-led advantage: Real-time feedback
Every school estate is unique. Old historic facilities, modern modular blocks, and evolving capital projects all bring entirely different risk profiles. A generic training program simply cannot cover those nuances.
Choosing a live, interactive session with S2e offers distinct advantages:
A Field Expert leading the session: Your training is delivered directly by our Health and Safety Consultants who understand the operational reality of school estates.
Instant Feedback and Q&As: Your site team can pose real-time questions about your specific buildings, clearing up compliance questions instantly.
Completely bespoke and flexible: We understand how hectic school schedules can be. Our sessions can be delivered to fit your needs exactly, whether that is a focused two-hour briefing, a half-day session, or a full-day program.
Core training courses we offer
We cover all critical areas of day-to-day school compliance. While we can easily produce a bespoke session on any topic when requested, examples of topics we cover:
Asbestos in School Buildings
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
Fire Door Awareness
Legionella Risks in Schools
Manual Handling
Control of Contractors
Working at Height (WAH)
CDM Regulations Explained
We regularly deliver these sessions across the education sector, adapting our delivery methods to suit each client's specific needs.
Book a session for your team
To discuss your team's specific training needs or to receive a tailored quote, contact our specialist team today at enquire@s2e.org.uk or call us on 0116 507 0130.
