Health
Benedict’s Law -allergy safety
Benedict’s Law is a set of national protections designed to improve allergy safety in schools in England. These measures ensure that schools have the policies, training, plans and emergency medication needed to recognise and respond to severe allergic reactions. The measures were developed following the death of five-year-old Benedict Blythe, who died from anaphylaxis at school in 2021. In the UK 5-8% of children live with a food allergy. As a setting how do you manage the risk of allergies and safe practices across your setting? Create a quiz using the guidance on ‘help for early years’ and your policies to see how well your staff understand this area. The school guidance may also be useful for you as an early years setting.
The Food Standards Agency has free food allergy training and a food allergen checklist with tips on food allergy best-practice.
- Foundation years webinar - Safeguarding excellence protecting our youngest learners
- Speaker 2: Tracey Dunn, Anaphylaxis UK Allergies in Early Years settings
- Gov.uk Help for early years providers - Allergies
- Allergy safety in schools - GOV.UK [Recommended reading for early years settings to support good practice in allergy safety and management.]
Click here for Anaphylaxis UK Early Years & School Resources
- Allergy Management Risk Assessment for Individual children EY editable
- Allergy Management Risk Assessment wrap around care editable
- School Template Allergy Letter for settings new
- Starting Reception template allergy letter for schools
- Posters
- Allergy in schools Best Practice Guide
- Anaphylaxis UK You Tube Channel
- Winter infections in children – guidance for parents/guardians
- Winter Illness Parent Letter
- Diarrhoea and vomiting (D&V) outbreak pack for education and childcare settings
- Guidance on managing outbreaks of respiratory infections in schools and nurseries
- Advice on sending your child to school
- Stop norovirus spreading poster
- Norovirus guidance
- Managing outbreaks and incidents
- Guidance on infection control poster (PDF) (PDF)
- Advice – Avoiding infection on farm visits (PDF) (PDF)