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First Aid: Curriculum

Commons · Question 43627 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to promote first aid training for school pupils.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 8 Apr 2025

All state-funded schools are required to teach about first aid as part of the statutory health education set out within the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance. Independent schools are required to cover health education as pa...