Specialist UKAS ISO 17025 accredited pendulum slip testing for primary, secondary, sixth-form, FE colleges, universities, student accommodation and academies. Slips, trips and falls account for around half of all reportable injuries in UK schools.
Schools and universities have heightened duty under occupiers' liability and require auditable evidence of routine slip-risk assessment. The duty-holder is regulated by the Department for Education, individual academy trusts, the HSE and (in higher education) the OfS, and the evidential standard expected of any slip-risk assessment scales accordingly.
Typical surfaces in this sector include vinyl, linoleum, sealed concrete, sports-grade rubber, ceramic in WCs and welfare areas. Typical risk vectors are high pedestrian volume in narrow time windows, cleaning cycles compressed into half-terms, mixed footwear regimes. Our reports cover all of the above with photographic evidence, calibrated PTV data, and UKSRG classification.
Our pendulum testing follows BS EN 16165:2021 Annex C as the primary method, with BS 7976-2:2002+A1:2013 available where preferred (e.g. legacy specifications, earlier insurer requirements). All work is performed under our UKAS ISO 17025 accreditation, with calibration certificates referenced on every report.
For this sector specifically: term-time scheduled testing, with priority on entrance vestibules, dining halls and changing facilities.
We provide education slip testing across all major UK cities. Find your nearest below — or call 0208 246 5562 for sites elsewhere.
Standard scheduling is 2–5 working days. Urgent and post-incident dispatch within 48 hours is available across most of the UK.
Yes. Reports are formatted to meet the evidential standards expected by UK insurers, the HSE, and the courts. Calibration certificates and chain-of-custody documentation are included as standard.
No. We are independent of all flooring and treatment manufacturers, so any remediation guidance you receive from us is free of conflict of interest.
Yes. Out-of-hours, weekend, and shift-pattern-aligned testing is routinely arranged for education clients where daytime access is impractical.
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