Fire doors in schools are governed by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, with the employer, head teacher, governors or owner as the responsible person, and the government's guide to fire safety risk assessment in educational premises, cited below, is the guidance the assessment follows. Regulation 10's quarterly frequencies do not apply, because a school is not a multi-occupied residential building; the frequency is the assessment's. The fire door maintenance plan on this site sizes the programme for a school's door count and defect rate, free.
Who is responsible
The Order's responsible person for a school is whoever has control: the employer, the head teacher and governing body, the academy trust or the owner. The educational premises guide is written for them. The register on this site names the responsible person per site so a trust with several schools has one list.
The risk assessment sets the frequency
The guide covers the assessment: identifying the fire doors, what they protect, and how they are maintained. The frequency of checks is the assessment's decision, recorded; many schools adopt a termly round because the building empties on a timetable. The maintenance plan on this site prints the round from the door count.
The wedge and the tamper
A school's fire doors are propped open by the people who use them, and a propped door fails the check before it starts. The fact sheet's resident information applies in spirit: keep doors closed, do not tamper with closers, report damage. The record of which doors are found wedged, and how often, is the evidence the assessment acts on.
Damage and repair
Doors in a school take more damage than doors in a block of flats, so the repairs log on this site is the document that earns its keep: the defect, the door, the date, the repair and who did it. Article 17 of the Order requires the doors to be kept in efficient working order; the log is the evidence.
Questions people ask about fire doors in schools
Do school fire doors need quarterly checks?
Not under Regulation 10, which is residential. The frequency is the risk assessment's, and a termly round is a common choice.
Who does the checks?
A competent member of the site staff with the checklist, or a contractor; the duty stays with the responsible person either way.
Is the maintenance plan free?
Yes, without an account. Keeping the checks and repairs per school is the paid product.