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Gymnastics and Sports Hall Checklist: Annual Inspection

This checklist has been designed specifically for to support schools in ensuring appropriate standards are met when Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA) equipment is inspected and maintained.
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07/22/2022

Gymnastics and Sports Hall Checklist: Annual Inspection

This checklist has been designed specifically for to support schools in ensuring appropriate standards are met when Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA) equipment is inspected and maintained.

    It is recommended that a there is a more rigorous approach for outdoor fixed play equipment, recommending recorded visual, periodic and annual engineering inspections by a competent person.

    An annual inspection of school equipment should include, as appropriate:

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    gymnastics equipment

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    trampolines and trampettes

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    fitness equipment – multi-gyms and free weights

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    indoor and outdoor adventure play equipment

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    indoor and outdoor sports posts, nets, goals and tables

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    indoor and outdoor cricket nets

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    high-jump landing modules

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    parkour equipment

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    adventure activities facilities – climbing towers, climbing walls

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    fixed play equipment and safety surfaces

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    ball courts

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    In order to achieve appropriate safe-practice standards for equipment and facility maintenance, inspection contracts should include reference to the scope of the work, the quality and standards of work, the identification of hazards and risks to be managed, and the maintenance tasks to be carried out.

    The school leadership team has a responsibility to ensure agreed maintenance requirements are achieved.

    The inspection should also include the following:

    Timber repairs

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Cleaning and recovering of plastic and leather surfaces

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Checking of metal for wear

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Lubrication of moving parts

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Wall inspection

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Roof fittings

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Replacement of worn parts and items including those on trampolines, multi-gyms, and sports and play equipment.

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    In addition, employers should check the following:

    Equipment inspection

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Appropriate insurance is held by the contractor and made available for scrutiny if necessary – typically, public and product liability insurance and employer’s liability insurance

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    The company has sufficient workers, tools and materials to fulfil the agreed schedule of work (e.g. there should be at least two operatives where heavy trampolines need to be opened for inspection; appropriate access equipment might need to be carried if the contract requires that high-level apparatus, such as ropes, is inspected at the installation points rather than visually from the floor)

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    All company personnel carry suitable ID cards

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    After the inspection

    Action based on the report is the responsibility and decision of the head teacher (HT) and governing body.

Source: MaintainX (Community Member)

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