Physical Education Risk Assessment

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name: physical-education-risk-assessment
description: |
  Identify, score and control the risks in work for school pupils and sports teams in school sports facilities and playing fields.
  TRIGGERS - Use when a PE teacher needs a risk assessment for school pupils and sports teams in school sports facilities and playing fields.
category: Physical Education
license: MIT
version: 1.0
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# Risk Assessment — Physical Education

Identify, score and control the risks in work for school pupils and sports teams in school sports facilities and playing fields. The deliverable is a risk assessment with likelihood/impact scores, controls and owners.
This skill is written for a PE teacher working with school pupils and sports teams in school sports facilities and playing fields.

## When to use
- You are a PE teacher preparing, delivering or reviewing this part of your work in school sports facilities and playing fields.
- You need a defensible, repeatable approach that produces a risk assessment with likelihood/impact scores, controls and owners.
- A colleague, auditor or client asks how this was done and what evidence supports it.

## Key Concepts
| Term | Meaning |
|------|---------|
| Aerobic fitness | the ability to sustain activity using oxygen |
| Fixture | a scheduled match against another school or team |
| Inclusion | adapting activities so everyone can participate meaningfully |

## Workflow
1. **Step 1** - Map the activity step by step and list what could go wrong at each stage for school pupils and sports teams and staff
2. **Step 2** - Score each risk for likelihood and impact, giving special weight to injuries from poor supervision
3. **Step 3** - For every high risk, define a control that removes, reduces or contains it, using fitness testing equipment where relevant
4. **Step 4** - Record the assessment in lesson plans, assign an owner to each control, and set a review date
5. **Step 5** - Brief everyone involved before work starts; stop and reassess if conditions in school sports facilities and playing fields change

## Profession-Specific Components
| Component | Details for Physical Education |
|-----------|-------------------------------|
| Core documentation | lesson plans; risk assessments; fixture records; assessment data |
| Core tools & equipment | fitness testing equipment; sports equipment; video analysis tools; facility booking systems |
| People involved | school pupils and sports teams; the PE teacher; colleagues and other services in school sports facilities and playing fields |
| Primary record | lesson plans — keep it current, dated and attributable |

## Output Format
**Context:** [Situation in school sports facilities and playing fields] | **Objective:** [What this must achieve] | **Audience:** [school pupils and sports teams and other stakeholders]

The finished output is a risk assessment with likelihood/impact scores, controls and owners, structured as:
1. Summary of position and evidence
2. Detail, following the workflow above
3. Decisions, actions, owners and dates
4. Review point and escalation route

### Action Plan
1. **Immediate:** Confirm scope, consent and the evidence available in lesson plans.
2. **Short-term:** Complete the workflow steps and record outcomes against participation rates.
3. **Medium-term:** Review results, close actions, and update local procedures in school sports facilities and playing fields.

## Success Metrics
| Metric | Target | Method |
|--------|--------|--------|
| participation rates | Agree a local target and track the trend | Measured from lesson plans and reviewed on a set cycle |
| fitness progress | Agree a local target and track the trend | Measured from lesson plans and reviewed on a set cycle |
| injury rates | Agree a local target and track the trend | Measured from lesson plans and reviewed on a set cycle |
| assessment completion | Agree a local target and track the trend | Measured from lesson plans and reviewed on a set cycle |

## Guardrails & Quality Checks
- Never let this happen: injuries from poor supervision.
- Never let this happen: unsafe equipment.
- Never let this happen: exclusion of less confident pupils.
- Work only within the competence and authority of a PE teacher; escalate or refer anything beyond it.
- Record facts and observations, not speculation, and keep records confidential to school sports facilities and playing fields's rules.
- Verify names, dates, figures and measurements twice before anything is issued or signed off.
- Use only real, verified information from the case in hand — never invent results, credentials or evidence.

## Example (illustrative)
A PE teacher in school sports facilities and playing fields applies this workflow for school pupils and sports teams: they open
lesson plans, work through the five steps using fitness testing equipment, and close by recording
the outcome against participation rates and agreeing the next review date. (Illustrative example only —
replace with the real details of the case in hand.)