Question: Who are the key risk assessors for schools reopening?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: Preparing for the wider opening of education settings from 1 June
How will schools be supported in preparing for wider opening?
section_content: Schools, and all childcare providers, have been serving a vital role by
continuing to provide care for a limited number of children - children who are
vulnerable, and children whose parents are critical to the coronavirus
response.
We have worked closely with the sector, and will continue to do so over the
coming weeks to support the wider opening of schools, colleges and childcare
settings. We have published guidance on actions for education and childcare
settings to prepare for wider opening from 1 June
2020, which sets out the overarching aims and principles of this
next phase, including information about protective measures which will be in
place. We will work with the profession to produce more detailed guidance
ahead of 1 June 2020.
All schools are different, and it is not possible for government to set
specific national guidelines that could be universally applicable. Instead, we
have created an initial planning
framework to help school leaders and trusts to start to think
through the steps they might need to take to enable them to open their schools
for more pupils. This framework can be seen as a starting point from which
schools and trusts may choose to develop their own plans, providing
operational guidance to support school and trust leaders in agreeing the best
approaches for their circumstances.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Specifies that individual school leaders should decide when schools reopen.
This does not answer the question. This information is about the government guidance and initial planning framework to help on the preparation for schools and childcare to reopen. It does not provide any answer on who are the key risk assessors for schools reopening as asked in the question.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Supporting children and young people with SEND as schools and colleges prepare for wider opening
section_headers: Questions and answers
Who needs to be involved in making/updating the risk assessment?
section_content: The key risk assessors should be local authorities and educational settings,
taking into account the needs and views of the child/young person, their
parents/carers and social workers and virtual school heads where appropriate.
Where an educational setting makes a decision without being able to involve
the local authority, for instance where circumstances are changing too
rapidly, they should inform the local authority of that decision immediately.
Where a child or young person is not initially returning to their educational
setting, local authorities and educational settings need to ensure that the
family understands the support plan that is in place for them.
If a child or young person has a diagnosis of a learning disability (such as
profound and multiple learning difficulties, or a severe learning difficulty),
autism or both, and behaviours that challenge or a mental health condition,
the risk assessors should ensure, with the agreement of the family, that the
child is identified on the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group dynamic support
register (see the nasen guide improving health care: learning disabilities
and
autism
for further information).

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Clearly specifies who should be the main risk assessors who decide when to reopen schools.
This is a direct answer to the question. The answer provides information on the key risk assessors for schools reopening and their support plans for families.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Supporting children and young people with SEND as schools and colleges prepare for wider opening
section_headers: Questions and answers
Why is it now safe for some children to return to school or college when it wasn’t previously?
section_content: There will be many children and young people with EHC plans who, following
their original risk assessment, have not been attending their educational
setting because it was determined that their needs could be more safely met at
home. Risks change over time, and the phased return to educational settings
will only take place if the national risk level is lower than it was when
educational settings were first asked to close to most pupils and students,
i.e. if the government’s five key
tests are met. When that is the case, it will be
right for educational settings and local authorities, working with families,
to bring back more children and young people who have not been attending their
educational setting. This will be based on individual risk assessments and
within the limits of what the educational setting is capable of accommodating,
given any staff absences and the need for protective measures.
*[EHC]: education, health and care plan

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Specifies that local authorities will decide when to reopen schools, following guidance from the government.
This does not answer the question. The question is asking for information on the key risk assessors for schools reopening and the answer is providing information on how educational settings and local authorities can bring back more children and young people who have not been able to attend their educational settings.

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