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Please can someone help me?
I am a concerned parent in the United Kingdom (England) with a child at a secondary school, which is an academy.
The school in question is consistently accepting guidance from the Government, Department for Education or UK HSA (formerly PHE) as gospel and insisting on the guidance being implemented.
The latest guidance is for children over 11 to wear face coverings throughout the day unless eating or drinking, partaking in physical activities or in an outside setting.
Please let me be clear. I am NOT interested in a discussion on the pros or cons of face coverings on this forum.
I have repeatedly asked the school to provide me with a copy of a risk assessment to determine the potential for harm to the wearer of a face covering. They have confirmed that they have not conducted a risk assessment and do not have one.
It is my assertion that this is not only reckless but also falls well short of the minimum requirements for any organisation to carry out in relation to the people it claims to have the health and wellbeing at its core.
It may be that there is NO risk to the wearer or those around them, however, without an adequate risk assessment I am unable to make an informed decision for my child and the same therefore applies to all other parents. It would also be impossible for the Headmaster to propose the implementation or support of any such guidance safe in the knowledge that an adequate risk assessment has been conducted and all adequate measures have been taken.
It is for these reasons that I would like to make an application for an injunction against the school to attempt to implement the wearing of face coverings UNTIL an adequate risk assessment has been conducted showing that no harm is likely to be caused to the wearer.
For anyone willing to help me here, please can you confirm what steps I might need to take to make such an application to the local Court (assuming this is the correct avenue).
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I am a concerned parent in the United Kingdom (England) with a child at a secondary school, which is an academy.
The school in question is consistently accepting guidance from the Government, Department for Education or UK HSA (formerly PHE) as gospel and insisting on the guidance being implemented.
The latest guidance is for children over 11 to wear face coverings throughout the day unless eating or drinking, partaking in physical activities or in an outside setting.
Please let me be clear. I am NOT interested in a discussion on the pros or cons of face coverings on this forum.
I have repeatedly asked the school to provide me with a copy of a risk assessment to determine the potential for harm to the wearer of a face covering. They have confirmed that they have not conducted a risk assessment and do not have one.
It is my assertion that this is not only reckless but also falls well short of the minimum requirements for any organisation to carry out in relation to the people it claims to have the health and wellbeing at its core.
It may be that there is NO risk to the wearer or those around them, however, without an adequate risk assessment I am unable to make an informed decision for my child and the same therefore applies to all other parents. It would also be impossible for the Headmaster to propose the implementation or support of any such guidance safe in the knowledge that an adequate risk assessment has been conducted and all adequate measures have been taken.
It is for these reasons that I would like to make an application for an injunction against the school to attempt to implement the wearing of face coverings UNTIL an adequate risk assessment has been conducted showing that no harm is likely to be caused to the wearer.
For anyone willing to help me here, please can you confirm what steps I might need to take to make such an application to the local Court (assuming this is the correct avenue).
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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