THE NEED FOR A GOOD PLAN

If asbestos is undamaged and effectively managed then it presents minimal risk to staff and pupils. The safe management of asbestos in schools relies on a good asbestos management plan. It is essential it is good because children are particularly vulnerable to developing disease after an exposure to asbestos.

This gives you enough information to check whether your school's asbestos management is good or not.

Does your school contain asbestos?

If your school was built, refurbished or had maintenance work carried out before 2001, it could contain asbestos. Asbestos was imported into this country until 1999 and was used for a while after that until the stocks in the building yards were used up Any school that has been refurbished, rebuilt or has had maintenance work carried out before about 2001 could contain asbestos. If the school was built before 1985 it is probable that it contains asbestos in one form or another. Schools built after the war until the early 80s are likely to contain large amounts of asbestos. Even if your school is a Victorian building it will have been refurbished or extended at some time or another. If that happened after 1945 and before 1985 then asbestos is likely to have been used. It is possible that it has been until about 2001.

If you or your child attended the school in the past look at this