For UK Independent Schools
Health and safety software for independent schools
Featherstone Safety Hub helps UK independent and private schools manage health and safety across a complex, high-activity site in one organised system. Maintain risk assessments for classrooms, science, sport, boarding and trips, run fire checks across all buildings, track staff training, manage COSHH and DSE, and keep the evidence ready for ISI inspections and governing body oversight.
Built by NEBOSH-qualified practitioners, from £29 per month, with a 14-day free trial and no long-term contract.
Wider risk and greater accountability
Independent schools operate with a wider range of activities and greater accountability than many other organisations. Boarding houses, outdoor education, science and design technology, sports facilities, arts studios, kitchen and catering, and extensive grounds all need assessing and managing — often by a school business manager or bursar alongside many other responsibilities.
Unlike state schools, independent schools are typically inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) rather than Ofsted, and must satisfy regulatory compliance standards without the local authority support that state schools may have. Health and safety is part of that landscape, and inspectors want to see it managed systematically.
- Risk assessments: cover science labs, DT, sports, boarding, kitchens, premises and residential trips.
- Fire safety: log fire checks, alarm tests and drills across all buildings, timestamped and auditable.
- Training matrix: track safeguarding, first aid, fire, food safety and other mandatory staff training.
- COSHH and DSE: manage chemicals in science, art and cleaning, and assess office and admin workstations.
- Incident register: record accidents and near misses with RIDDOR screening.
Boarding, trips and complex site management
Boarding schools carry additional duty of care responsibilities. Risks around sleeping accommodation, night supervision, lone working and pastoral care all need assessing and managing. Educational visits and trips present their own risk assessment requirements, and a system that keeps all of these alongside the main site's assessments makes it easy to maintain and evidence the full picture.
Featherstone Safety Hub lets you store all risk assessments, training records and checks in one system however diverse the activity. When an inspector or governor asks for evidence, you can produce it quickly from one organised source.
Affordable and simple for a business manager
Built to be run by a school business manager or bursar, not a safety specialist. The professional structure is built into the system so you do not need to design it yourself. Pricing is transparent from £29 per month with no long-term contract, and you can trial it free for 14 days.
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Yes. Featherstone Safety Hub suits UK independent and private schools, covering the wide range of risks from science and sport to boarding and trips, with training tracking and incident management in one place.
Yes. It keeps risk assessments, training records, fire checks and incidents organised so you can produce evidence quickly for ISI or Ofsted inspections, and give governors a clear view of compliance.
Yes. You can build and store risk assessments for boarding accommodation and other boarding-specific risks alongside all site assessments.
Yes. The training matrix tracks safeguarding and other mandatory training with refresher alerts, complementing rather than replacing your wider safeguarding systems.
Yes. Trip risk assessments can be stored alongside all other assessments, kept current and easy to produce for approval or inspection.
£29/mo Starter and £79/mo Professional, with a 14-day free trial and no long-term contract.
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