Pupils: Allergies
Commons · Question 20945 · Tabled 18 Dec 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring schools to have mandatory allergy and anaphylaxis policies.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 6 Jan 2025
Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. The accompanying statutory guidance, ‘Supporting pupils with medi...