Risk Management

The benefits of outdoor learning and play far outweigh the risks. As an organisation, Learning through Landscapes is committed to children being able to experience challenging play and learning activities in the day-to-day environment of their school or nursery grounds. We believe all schools and early years settings should seek to take a balanced and proportionate approach to risk management.

School Playground Risk Assessment

Risk assessment for a standard playground with tarmac surfaces, fall zones and surfaces, scattered trees, bushes and open grass, steps, play equipment and sports pitches.

Outdoor Tool Use Risk Assessment

Bladed tools such as knives, scissors, axes, loppers, saws, potato peelers, wallpaper strippers, de-barking tools or secateurs. Hammering tools such as mallets, hammers and sledge...

Ponds and Wetland Risk Assessment

Any activity undertaken with children and adults in a pond or wetland environment. This includes activities such as pond dipping, observations and field work, as...

Our Risk Management System

Above are the Risk Benefit Assessments that we use. They are intended to cover our activities – including play and outdoor learning in schools and early years settings. Our Risk Benefit Assessments are designed to ‘stack’ – any given activity may require a Generic Location, a Generic Activity and possibly a Specific Activity. Specific Activities are ones that pose increased risk potential and require an increased level of control measures, group engagement and staff skills. The implementation of these is supported by our well qualified and experienced staff, our monitoring by LtL Management and an all staff feedback system. This leads to continual improvement and a high level of engagement by all staff, something we value deeply alongside the paperwork side of risk management.