Procedures: • Responding to Student Accidents/Incidents: Support, Reporting and Insurance Arrangements Procedure

1. POLICY STATEMENT 1.1. The Education and Training Directorate ensures as far as is reasonably practical that schools are safe environments for students and has arrangements in place to support students injured in accidents or incidents which occur at school or on school-organised activities and to inform parents when such accidents or incidents are serious in nature. 1.2. These responsibilities are met in a number of ways including providing first aid and where necessary ensuring professional medical assistance to injured students, documenting the circumstances of accidents/incidents, and considering any appropriate steps that may be taken to avoid similar accidents/incidents. 1.3. The Directorate recognises its responsibilities under legislation to record and notify within required timeframes significant accidents/incidents to the ACT Insurance Authority (ACTIA) and to WorkSafe ACT. 2. RATIONALE 2.1. This policy and associated procedures inform parents, students and staff of key steps following an accident/incident. 2.2. The scope of the Directorate’s insurance arrangements is set out in this policy so that parents are able to consider the need for their own insurance arrangements. 2.3. Internal guidelines for staff in responding to, recording and reporting student accidents/incidents support this policy. 3. DEFINITIONS 3.1. An accident is an event or mishap involving a student enrolled in an ACT public school which occurs while the student is attending school or involved in an approved school