Jessica Reeve Senior Risk Officer

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Schools Risk Ranking The Norfolk Experience

• Jessica Reeve Senior Risk Officer
• Norfolk County Council

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Background

• 537,085 hectares
• 455 Schools
• Rural County

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NCC Experience of Risk Ranking

• Postal survey
• Commissioned Insurers
• DfES project

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Process

• Developing Schools Risk Management and Insurance
  Programme with the DfES
• Surveys began October 2006
• Complete by November 2007
• Surveys - 50/50 ZM NCC (following training
  session)

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Key Issues

• Preparation
• Resources
• Communication with insurer
• Decide on priorities
• Consistency
• Follow up resources

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Benefits

• Breadth of Information
• Sharing Information
• Focus Resources
• Inform school development plans
• Weighted Premiums lower Incident rates
  and lower premiums

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Future

• Risk Management Toolkit
• Online access to database

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Feedback

• Customer feedback survey
• 186 schools surveyed, so far 96 responses
• Majority schools
• - increased ability to understand risks
• - increased ability to manage risks
  effectively

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• Objective eyes are always welcome

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• A useful exercise which informs the School
  Development Plan

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• The survey provided useful points which served
  as reminders on particularly P1 minor, but risky
  items which could otherwise be overlooked or
  forgotten