Slips and trips occur across all education premises. Whether you're a small local primary school, a busy secondary school, a multi-site further education college, or the campus of a higher education institution, you'll have hazards. Education premises provide a wide variety of facilities to the whole community, open to employees, pupils and members of public. School sites can be busy with large numbers of people rushing around simultaneously.
Over time, hazards can develop and before you know it, a pupil or a visitor has suffered a slip or a trip. You can prevent accidents at your school by performing a thorough risk assessment on your high traffic areas and installing reliable anti-slip solutions.
Top Hazardous Areas in Schools
Playgrounds & Play Areas
From the field to the playground, the outdoor areas of a school need to be proof against slips and trips. Anti-slip sheets and panels can be affixed to a variety of surfaces found in schools to provide versatile safety to your pupils, staff and visitors. Whether you're tackling high traffic areas or wooden boardwalks prone to slipperiness, GRP panels provide an extra element of grip that is easy to manage and install.
Stairwells
Stairs, both interior and exterior provide ample opportunity for trips and slips. Particularly in high traffic areas such as schools, you should take extra measures to ensure safety. GRP stair treads and sheeting provide a reliable anti-slip surface that is ideal for high traffic areas. Easy to install and maintain, GRP stair nosings are well positioned to provide safety to busy schools.
Kitchens & Canteens
Kitchens are rife with potential hazards. Spilled food and liquids present a slipping danger to anyone unwary enough to encounter them. Similarly, in a busy canteen, food spills can be a serious danger. You can help prevent slips by laying a slip resistant or resin flooring. Such safety floors offer a measure of protection against slippery food messes.
Here at GripClad, we've helped schools, colleges and universities across the country protect their pupils, employees and visitors from slips and trips. Check out our case studies below for more information.
Anti-slip Stair Tread Covers at Winchester University
The University of Winchester is a values-driven institution that offers programmes of study sustained by teaching and research of the highest quality. After 175 years of moulding young minds, the University of Winchester was in need of an update. They found that their paving slabs were extremely slippery when wet and with the high volume of student foot traffic the risk of a nasty incident was heightened.
How We Helped
- Replaced dangerous stone stairs with anti-slip stair nosings
- Provided a cost-effective safety solution
- Used easy-to-clean, hassle-free materials
Our stair tread covers are a complete one piece section which include drop down nosing over the stair riser. This allows the edging to be colour contrasting which assists the visually impaired to define the step edge when descending or ascending the stairs.
Check out the full Case Study
Safety for St Swithun's School
St Swithun's School is an independent day, weekly and full-boarding school for girls in Winchester, Hampshire. It is named after Saint Swithun, a Bishop of Winchester and patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. The school underwent a major rebuild and called us in to tackle the changing rooms, shower areas and toilet cubicles.
The old design featured tiles and grouting worn by age and use. The staff at St Swithun's wanted a new design made of modern materials that are better suited to the school's needs.
How We Helped
- Installed all-new anti-slip flooring
- Refurbished old changing rooms
- Provided anti-slip solutions for students
Our specialist installers applied a Quartz Resin system throughout from changing room door entrance threshold to the shower exit and swimming pool. A totally seamless, trowelled-by-hand solution including falls to drain pots.