Dance Classes Risk Assessment Template

Typical hazards & measures

• Clothing, hair and jewellery — Tie hair securely, remove jewellery and watches, avoid scarves or costumes with dangling ties, check that warm layers can be removed safely after the warm-up, and provide spare hair bands and tape to secure medical IDs where necessary.
• Mirrors, barres and glass — Install safety-backed mirrors and barres on rated anchors, maintain clear run-offs, inspect glass and fixings weekly, keep hands off mirror edges, ban leaning body weight on portable barres, and remove any cracked panel or loose bracket immediately.
• Supervision, competence and ratios — Set ratios by age and genre, keep full line of sight across the studio, verify teacher competence for higher-risk techniques, brief cover adults before class, and stop activity immediately if safety rules are ignored.
• Ventilation, heat and air quality — Monitor temperature, humidity and CO₂, open high windows or run HVAC between groups, shorten high-intensity sections during heat alerts, provide airflow for cool-downs, and postpone strenuous drills when the studio becomes excessively warm.
• Costumes, makeup and adhesives — Use hypoallergenic products and patch-test new items in advance, prohibit aerosol sprays in the studio, allocate a ventilated prep area, label ingredients for shared kits, avoid latex when sensitisation is known, provide proper removers, and enforce post-use handwashing.