Possible approaches to building the system of complex safety of education subjects are discussed in this paper. Characteristic of the proactive approach, based not on waiting for an extraordinary event and the elimination of its consequences, but on the identification and monitoring of risk factors as an alternative to the traditional retroactive approach is given. The structure of the ergatic model of complex safety and its elements are described. Proposes the original variant of the classification of threats to the subject of education. Discusses the principles of producing the information system of complex safety of education subjects.