SCHOOL POLICY MANUAL-2024-2025

8. Consider your communications strategy to ensure staff and pupils are kept informed about what is required of them. If the incident is taking place outside of normal working hours, staff may need to be contacted to advise of any alterations to normal working arrangements for the next day. 9. Ensure recording processes are in place for staff/pupils leaving the site.

All staff members’ emergency contact details should be held securely electronically. Ensure parents/carer's contact details are also available.

Ensure the safety of staff and pupils before they leave the site and identify suitable risk control measures as required

7. CONTINUITY

The purpose of the continuity phase is to ensure that critical activities are resumed as quickly as possible and/or continue to be delivered during the disruption. Non-critical activities may need to be suspended.

Purpose

Action

Details

Authority

Action

Identify the business continuity response.

BOG, Principal and Senior Leadership Team

• Depending on the incident, you may need additional/specific input to facilitate the recovery of critical activities. • Take time to understand the impact of the incident on the normal operations of the school. • Roles allocated will depend on the nature of the incident and the availability of staff members. • Emergency ‘grab’ boxes are available in • Official mobile phone numbers available at both sites so could be accessed at unaffected site • Ensure methods of communication and key messages are developed as appropriate. each school office.

Evaluate the impact of the incident Allocate specific roles, as necessary.

Principal, SLT.

Principal, SLT.

Secure resources to enable critical activities to continue or be recovered.

Principal

Deliver appropriate communication actions as required.

Principal and

SLT

8. RECOVERY & RESUMPTION PHASE

• To return to ‘business as usual’ as quickly as possible • To ensure any non-critical activities suspended as part of your business continuity response are recovered within appropriate timescales.

Purpose

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Al Diyafah High School-Reviewed policies- November 2024

AT&L24-2025