Co-op Academy Friarswood

Fire & Other Emergency Plan – September 2025

This document details the fire and emergency evacuation, lock down procedures for these premises. Staff must ensure that they are familiar with these procedures and act upon the requirements.

Premises Plan

Append a plan of the premises showing marked fire exit points, the location of firefighting equipment and the routes to be followed in an evacuation.

Action on discovering a fire or other emergency

Fire

Set off fire alarm at nearest point

Staff to take class outside to playground using closest fire escape and line children up

Staff to take class list outside with them and check children against list

AD – take  list of visitors and signing in/out record

AD – take emergency contacts, grab bag, phone and check KS1 toilets

JaBi - take phone and check KS2 girls toilets

JaBi, LW & AD to take phone

LW to check photocopying room, uniform shop and KS2 boys toilets

AD to check first aid room, KS1 toilets

If a member of office staff is not in the building, other office staff to share responsibilities

Staff to ensure children are quiet in order to hear any instructions

Kitchen staff to ensure they all vacate kitchen

If safe, SLT to check building for location of fire and inform fire service

Evacuation

If staff are told ‘evacuate’, by any member of staff;

Staff to take children out of school by nearest exit

If possible, staff to take phone

If child is in toilet / away from the class - children are told to leave the building with a class and then they will find their teacher when safe

KS2 to use side access road, KS1 use path to top of drive

All staff and children to make way to The Coppice

JaBi, AD & LW to take emergency file & grab bag and phones

Lockdown / evacuation

ALL staff MUST have their whistle on their lanyard at all times

A whistle will be sounded by staff who have seen danger.  All staff to sound whistle as soon as they hear a whistle

Children to hide under tables

Staff to put table in front of door and lock door

Children who are out of classroom are to stay where they are or go into closest classroom

Children in hall to go behind stage

Staff and children to stay hidden until member of staff or police let them know it is safe to come out

Summoning the fire & rescue service

Office staff or member of SLT to call fire service and or police.

Describe issue

Address:  Co-op Academy Friarswood, Abbots Way, Newcastle under Lyme, ST5 2ES

Show fire service fire alarm system to locate where fire is

Staff absences

   All staff to be made aware of emergency procedures.

   New staff to have procedures in handbook.

   Supply teachers to be made aware of procedures when greeted into school.

            If office staff away, other office staff to take on roles and SLT to check toilets / changing rooms

Fire drills / emergency drills

Fire drills take place 4 times a year at various times of the day.  Small & Tall to carry out fire drills in the morning and evening each term.  Feedback given to all staff.

Lockdown / evacuation procedures to be practised each term at various times.  Feedback to all staff and Governors.

Visitors and contractors

         Emergency procedures to be communicated to all visitors and contractors when they come into school.

         Assemblies – fire procedures explained to parents / guests at the beginning of each assembly (including toilet location and limitations of taking photos)

Co-ordination with other premise occupants

The Coppice is our emergency place.  We are the emergency place for The Coppice.

Fire alarm test

Site staff check fire points, doors and lighting each week, each point is on a rolling programme.

The fire alarm system is checked 4 times a year by maintenance team.

Review Date:  September 2025 

To be signed by all staff once read and understood.