General Visit Risk Assessment

Stairs between floors of Museum

• Risk of tripping, slipping, falling

• Children should be supervised and told to be sensible on stairs. Children remain under control of teacher and accompanying helpers at all times.

• Low

• First Aid Kit kept at museum.
• Trained first aiders amongst museum staff.

Use of Interactives

• Risk of injury when using interactives in galleries

• Pupils should follow instructions for using interactives.
• Pupil should use interactives in small groups under supervision of adult.
• Children remain under control of teacher and accompanying helpers at all times.

• Low

• First Aid Kit kept at museum.
• Trained first aiders amongst museum staff.

Toilets

• Pupils share facilities with the general public

• Pupils should not go to toilets without an accompanying adult from the school group.

• Low

• If museum staff see children going to toilets on their own they should
• send them back to their school group to get an adult to accompany them.

Getting trapped in lift

• Risk of getting stuck in the lift

• Children should not
• use the lift unless accompanying an adult and another child who has to use the life e.g. in a wheelchair.

• Low

• If museum staff see children near to lifts without an adult accompanying them they should send them back to their group.