Physical education and sports activities risk assessments

To help you, the Health and Safety Team have developed an example risk assessment (DOCX, 859.0 KB) which can be used and adapted. This assessment identifies the common hazards associated with physical education and sports activities.

As the risks and hazards may vary considerably for each physical education or sport activity you will need to undertake individual risk assessments for specific sports.

Control measures to reduce or eliminate the risk must be put in place before the activity commences. All risk assessments must be circulated to all staff involved in the activity and reviewed annually or earlier if there is an incident.

Further guidance on physical education activities is available on other websites or the Association for Physical Education (AfPE). AfPE’s purpose is to promote and maintain high standards and safe practice in all aspects and at all levels of physical education, school sport and physical activity influencing developments at national and local levels that will impact on physical health and emotional wellbeing.

For further information please email healthandsafety@kent.gov.uk or call 03000 41 84 56.