Risks for Schools

Protecting Children in today's world

“Stranger danger”, assault, bullying, vandalism, drug dealing, theft – these are all risks that children are exposed to in today’s world. Schools and Child Care centres have an increasing duty of care to ensure the safety of staff and children at all times. An incident of assault or burglary can quite often affect the reputation of an educational facility and there is an increasing expectation from parents and staff that adequate security measures should be in place to minimise the risk of any unfortunate incidences occurring. 

Never before have schools held such expensive equipment, such as computers, Audio Visual technology, computerised white boards, plasma televisions etc. There is a fundamental requirement to adequately secure this equipment and minimise theft with the introduction of CCTV Security and Access Control solutions to help not only deter theft but monitor and record high risk areas where expensive materials are stored.  

Arson is a real risk to Education Facilities with unfortunate fire related incidences reported in the media each year, especially during the holiday season. By integrating monitored Smoke and Thermal Detectors into a security solution, an immediate response plan can be carried out to greatly minimise the risk of fire devastation. 

Child Care centres are now being exposed to tougher accreditation processes where safety plays an important part in this process. Child Care centres now need more than a standard alarm system, access control and CCTV cameras are being installed to help meet safety requirements and expectation levels from parents and the community that they are providing adequate duty of care for their children and staff. 

Most Education facilities will have some basic security already installed. Additional security such as CCTV Surveillance, Access Control, Digital Video Recording solutions may be of interest but are considered out of financial reach. However, with a minimal upfront costs and flexible leasing arrangement and payment plan, an affordable new Signature Security solution can be implemented.

To organise a no-obligation security assessment for your school please call Signature on 1300 655 944 (AUS) or 0800 186 086 (NZ) or request an assessment online.