| "School Security" (Day Care facilitates can also be | | | | fees the greater should be your expectations in |
| included) | | | | relation to security. |
| School security can vary greatly from school to | | | | The highest risk schools are statistically public |
| school. There are many facets to this type of | | | | schools, (some of these public schools are very |
| security because there are many areas to cover. | | | | well managed). However, if security is not |
| It is said that it can be difficult to make a school | | | | managed correctly, then the highest school on the |
| secure, and not have it looking like a prison. No | | | | ladder can also be vulnerable. |
| one wants to make a school appear to be an | | | | Questions and items that you should look for and |
| unpleasant place to study and visit, and school | | | | ask a prospective school:o Do you have a School |
| authorities are naturally unwilling to make potential | | | | Security Management plan? If so, can we please |
| students and parents uneasy at the prospect of | | | | have a look at it? Better still ask for a copy so |
| choosing places of learning that look like that. | | | | that we can study it in detail. |
| However, it all comes down to managing the risk. | | | | The below should be part of this plan:o Do your |
| When the correct management plans are | | | | teachers have security awareness training in |
| implemented, and used as intended, with due | | | | relation to managing the security risks on school |
| diligence and part of a school security | | | | grounds? This would embrace basic risk |
| management plan, then they can work very well. | | | | management skills.o Do you have any security |
| The key factor that will throw security plans off | | | | staff on site? If so, are they male or female? |
| course in almost any area of life is our own (in | | | | What company do they represent?o If there are |
| this case the schools') complacency. | | | | no outside impartial security staff, who is the |
| I will suggest a few rules when selecting a school | | | | designated security and emergency contact on |
| to fit your budget, location and goals in regard to | | | | school grounds? |
| security practices. The more expensive the school | | | | |