As well as treating our own safety and wellbeing as paramount, the majority of people are also concerned about the welfare of our friends, family and loved ones. This is no more so the case when it comes to our children, as we have a duty of care and a natural instinct to protect them from danger as much as possible.

When parents are not able to look after children directly, the responsibility of caring for our children is placed in the hands of people such as relatives, nurseries and child minders. For children over the age of four, for several hours each day the responsibility of ensuring their wellbeing and safety is placed in the hands of their school.

The duty of care placed on schools and nurseries is enormous, as they must protect each child that attends from unnecessary harm. This means ensuring that they are well looked after by teachers in a safe environment with well maintained classroom facilities and playgrounds.

If your child suffers an accident at school that you believe could have been avoided, for instance, if they fall from a piece of broken playground equipment or hurt themselves in a PE lesson because protective mats weren’t placed on the floor, then you are entitled to make injury claims against the school responsible.

Equally, children can often be involved in avoidable accidents whilst within the school building such as slipping on a wet floor in the canteen, tripping over a loose carpet tile in the classroom or burning themselves on a Bunsen burner in a chemistry lesson.

At Claims Solicitors, we are a team or professional accident claims solicitors well versed in handling school related cases. We will fight on the behalf of you and your child to achieve the justice and financial compensation they deserve.