This guide describes the legislation and regulations that are taken into account when writing CLEAPSS documents.

Model Health & Safety Codes of Practice in D&T for Local Authorities & other School & College Employers - Customisable version

This document is a model policy that can be customised for use in D&T.

This guide explains ways ensure good practice when using model risk assessments in schools. There are practical examples of how to manage, use, adaptat and recording risk assessments used. There is also a Excel Spreadsheet - E171 (below) which can be used as a planning and Risk Assessment recording tool.

This guide is intended to support schools in developing an environment that enables the teaching of D&T to be challenging and innovative whilst remaining safe for staff, students and others.

This guide gives an overview of risk assessment and how it can be sensibly managed in a busy D&T department. 

This guidance is additional to all standard operating procedures across your school and CLEAPSS Guidance in general.

This guide will be regularly updated and should be read in its entirety. Users may also need to read the other guides listed below.

This is a list of companies that can service D&T facilities, including LEV testing.

In this document, readers will find a summary of various national guidelines or guidance, and CLEAPSS' advice.

We have extensively reviewed all relevant Regulations and accompanying advice on the teaching of Design and Technology. Scotland, and Northern Ireland do have regulations restricting class sizes for practical subjects to a maximum of 20, but this does not have any bearing on England and Wales.

This document gives guidance to teachers and technicians that will be supervising a welding or plasma cutting facility.

Guidance on controlling the fumes from these operations can be found in GL326

A document which covers general and specific hazards and risks in darkroom work, guidance on how these can be managed and such safeguarding issues as might apply.