For schools, nurseries, childcare & contractors
Create school risk assessments, nursery risk assessments and RAMS for trips, contractors, activities and daily operations.
Riskora helps schools, nurseries, childcare providers, clubs and contractors create structured risk assessments, RAMS, method statements, COSHH assessments, toolbox talks and briefings for education and childcare settings.
Schools, nurseries and childcare providers may be eligible for a 20% institution discount on Riskora.Contact Riskora to apply
Schools, nurseries and childcare settings need practical risk assessments for the things that actually fill the calendar — school trips, outdoor play, contractors, food activities, cleaning, illness outbreaks, fire drills, visitors and clubs. Generic templates rarely match how the work runs in your setting.
A useful school risk assessment or nursery risk assessment reflects supervision ratios, safeguarding, allergens and the real sequence of the day. A useful school trip risk assessment is built around transport, headcounts, venue hazards and the lost-child procedure — not boilerplate.
For contractors, contractor RAMS for schools need to address safeguarding, segregation and out-of-hours work. For cleaning, a school COSHH assessment needs to reflect the products actually in use. Riskora produces those documents quickly without losing the structure a competent reviewer expects.
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For day-to-day school activities — playground, classroom, corridors, off-site, contractors and visitors.
Indoor and outdoor nursery routines — sleep room, nappy change, mealtimes, outdoor play and arrival/collection.
After-school clubs, breakfast clubs, holiday provision and wraparound care — supervision, food and safeguarding.
Combined risk assessment and method statement for planned work in a school — maintenance, refurbishment, hires and events.
Step-by-step method for a single task — useful for contractors and lettings working around pupils or out-of-hours.
Transport, supervision ratios, headcounts, venue hazards, weather, medical needs and lost-child procedures.
Walk-to-the-park trips and short outings — ratios, handover, road safety, allergies and emergency contacts.
Tools, fire, weather, uneven ground, boundaries, hygiene and emergency access for forest school sessions.
Combined RAMS for ongoing forest school provision — site survey, tool use, fire-circle and rescue arrangements.
Field layout, spectators, equipment, first aid, weather, hydration and emergency access routes.
Play equipment, gates, surfaces, weather, falls, age-suitability and supervision in the outdoor area.
Daily playground checks, equipment condition, surface impact attenuation and supervision zones.
Issued to contractors before work begins — safeguarding, sign-in, restricted areas, segregation and out-of-hours work.
Cleaning products, science prep, D&T workshop chemicals and grounds maintenance — stored, used and disposed of correctly.
Disinfectants, sanitisers and nappy-area products — child access prevention, dilution and PPE.
Daily and deep cleans — wet floors, chemical use, child access and waste handling.
Cooking sessions, baking and tasting activities — allergens, hygiene, burns, cuts and supervision.
Roles, registers, assembly points and the difference between class-based and split-cohort response.
Sign-in, escort, restricted areas and safeguarding controls for one-off visitors and regular guests.
Arrival, collection, activities, food, supervision ratios and safeguarding handover.
Mixed-age provision, off-site activities, longer days, food and out-of-term staffing.
Short focused briefings generated from a finished risk assessment — for staff or contractors.
On-arrival briefing for contractors and lettings — keyed to the risk assessment for the work.
Task-led, because that is how staff search and how the work is actually planned.
Transport (coach, minibus, public transport, walking), supervision ratios, headcount points, medical needs and medication, allergies, emergency contacts, venue-specific hazards, lost-child procedures, public interface, weather and what happens if the trip is curtailed.
Ratios that reflect age and need, handover at start and end, road and crossing controls, boundaries at the venue, medication, allergies, lost-child procedures, emergency contacts and a clear return route.
Site survey, tool use and tool counts, fire-circle controls, weather thresholds, uneven ground, hygiene, supervision lines of sight, boundaries, emergency access and rescue arrangements.
Field layout, spectator zones, slips and trips on damp grass, first aid cover, equipment checks, hydration and shade in hot weather, lightning protocol and emergency vehicle access.
Play equipment condition, gates and perimeter, surface checks, age-suitability of equipment, weather (heat, cold, ice), falls, supervision zones and boundary checks at the start of every session.
Safeguarding induction, signing in, restricted areas, segregation from pupils, noisy and dusty work scheduling, tool and electrics controls, supervision and out-of-hours arrangements for work that can't run during the school day.
Chemical storage out of child reach, correct dilution, PPE, ventilation, spill response, cleaning schedules around session times and waste handling.
Allergens, food hygiene, burns and cuts, supervision ratios, storage temperatures, cleaning down and end-of-activity checks.
Enhanced cleaning, communication to parents, isolation arrangements, staff absence cover, hygiene reinforcement, waste handling and clear return-to-setting criteria.
Arrival and collection, named adults, emergency contacts, safeguarding, supervision ratios, food and allergens, activity-specific risk and clear handover at the end of the session.
Start with a guided education or childcare document, add your activity details, review the controls and download a professional risk assessment, RAMS or method statement.
Create your first RAMS freeInstead of starting from a blank risk assessment template, Riskora walks you through a guided workflow and produces a structured document you can review, edit and download.
Riskora supports UK, Ireland, US, Canada and Australia. When you select a country in the wizard, Riskora adapts terminology and relevant wording for that location so the document reads correctly wherever the setting is based.
Riskora helps create structured safety documents, but documents should be reviewed and approved by a competent person before use.
Guided, structured, professional. Download PDF when it is ready.
Create your first RAMS freeSchools, nurseries and childcare providers may be eligible for a 20% institution discount.Contact Riskora to apply