and thats why it's a site management thing!
HSE inspecting school for radiation
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I think I've set the cat amongst the pigeons at the County office, oh dear!
I've just kept my paperwork trail. As far as I can work out the RPO has not been here for over 12 years, so if the HSE come I will mention that.
Is it someone at the LA?
Ours came out as soon as the HSE news hit, did all their schools I believe.
I had to bug our site manager a dozen times, he finally emailed the council and I have the info on file now.
Yes, I know her too, as she visited my last school regularly. I've been here two years and not seen her, our Head of Science has been here 11 years and not seen her. Very odd as there are very few LA secondaries left here, we are one of only 3 or 4 in the county, perhaps they spend all their time visiting academies.
I have mention it to an AHT who is a Physics teacher. I might try and find the SLT for H&S
The local LA cut off all the academies and got rid of their H&S dept, they only provide CLEAPSS for the one direct school now, I had to buy in from another LA.
Dorset has, or at least had, a policy of allowing Academies to contract H&S oversight to them. I'm not at an academy now but I don't think that has changed. We used to see them every 2-3 years as an academy.
CovTech
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Get someone to contact the LA directly and make sure they added you to their subscription - whether that be CLEAPSS or directly to the RPA
We got forgotten once before we became an academy - cue the weird excuse that "the woman who usually does it was on maternity so some schools got missed....."
If they don't use the CLEAPSS subscription model anymore you won't have an RPO anyway....
Do I really want to rattle their cage? It is the LA that is responsible for this. We do get H&S Audit visits from County but not special Science ones, they just visit the whole school.
CovTech
Lvl 39 Alchemist
Problem is if they screwed up and and forgot you then you don't have an RPA and it's a massive issue for you guys and it's up to your governors, head, RPS etc. to make sure you have a contracted RPA even if you thought you'd requested the LA appoint one for you
I'll ask CLEAPSS, they should know if we have an RPO/RPA
Just had a reply from CLEAPSS, we are definitely in the system. I have emailed the SLT lead for H&S about the Radon, I think that's as much as I can do. If they want more from me they can pay me more!
I'd drop an email and ask if they are coming in to visit and check the RPO named on the paperwork is correct.
They need to have your form 1 up to date and a letter of appointment for the LA as RPO. (you should have a copies)
We had to update these for the LA when the HSE started visiting.
CLEAPSS have confirmed the RPO. We are all good.
I was told by the LA RPO that
that was when the HSE started visiting, and they made us confirm the appointment.
I don't have a copy of that. I have a copy of an email from her when she registered our sources along with a copy of the registration. I also have the form that lists all the contacts and she is on there as RPO. I have raised this with our RPS but this comes under pointless box ticking to me, we will, of course, comply.
Does anybody have an example of an appointment letter? Haven't seen one in L093 (probably a man look)
It seems an odd thing, we don't really appoint one, the LA does.
It seems an odd thing, we don't really appoint one, the LA does.
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but we did this as confirmation.