ACTION

Bryan Slater

Director of Education

Distribution

All Education Establishments

The attached document is provided for your information:

INFORMATION	Title	General Security Advice for Staff in Norfolk Schools
	Summary of contents	This paper gives advice on handling mail and arrangements for visitors to schools in the light of the current security situation. Please see below.
	Associated documents	-
	Date	26 October 2001
	Effective from	26 October 2001
	LEA Contact	Jonathan Towns	(	01603-222314
	E-mail address	jonathan.towns.edu@norfolk.gov.uk
	Norfolk Self Review reference	n/a
	Document reference	MI 200/01

This Management Information sheet may be found on ESINET at the following address:

http://www.esinet.norfolk.gov.uk/cadmin/misheet/default.asp

General Security Advice for Staff in Norfolk Schools

In the light of recent terrorist attacks in America, and a general heightening of security in the U.K., all local government offices are reminding staff of their arrangements to help keep people and premises safe.

Our priority in the Education Service is to make sure that staff and children can go about their normal work safety and without anxiety, so we would like to remind everyone of some sensible precautions to take.

Staff receiving mail

Be careful when dealing with mail and packages sent to the school which bear unusual postmarks, come from an unexpected source, have a strange sound, smell or staining, where wires or tin foil are visible, have too many stamps for their weight or have too much wrapping.

If you have doubts about letters, packages or parcels, don't open them, leave them alone and keep others away. Inform the police.

All staff and visitors

Make sure that your arrangements for welcoming visitors include signing in and/or the issuing of a visitor's badge.

Where staff usually wear an identification badge make sure that it is clear how staff can obtain a replacement in case of loss.