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Allergy training to become compulsory in schools in England
New rules mandate allergy training and spare adrenaline pens in all English schools after 70% lacked safeguards, aiming to reduce 500,000 lost school days yearly, officials said.
- The Department for Education announced statutory guidance requiring mandatory allergy awareness training for all school staff, making precautions compulsory across schools in England.
- After the death of five-year-old Benedict Blythe and an inquest last year finding delayed treatment, the Benedict Blythe Foundation revealed 70% of schools lacked safeguards and half had no spare adrenaline pens.
- Under the proposals, schools would be required to stock spare adrenaline auto‑injectors for emergencies, maintain individual healthcare plans, and gather feedback from parents, teachers and experts.
- Paul Whiteman, general secretary, NAHT, cautioned that schools need funding and specialist health support cannot always be delegated, while some schools reallocate budgets and campaigners say the measures will save lives.
- Placed within wider reforms, the DfE says the guidance aims to support all pupils, including the 680,000 children with allergies, amid prior concerns over allergy-related illness costs and learning loss.
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Schools must stock allergy pens and train staff under new UK rules from September 2026 - Nottinghamshire Live
All schools will be required to have life-saving adrenaline pens, dedicated allergy policies and compulsory teacher training to protect children with allergies
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One News PageMum of Cambs boy, 5, who died at school welcomes new teacher safety training
A five-year-old boy from Cambridgeshire died after an allergic reaction at school in December 2021. His mother has welcomed new government requirements for mandatory allergy training and adrenaline pens in schools.
·Cambridge, United Kingdom
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