School Allergy Safety Policy

This policy applies where adopted by [school name], a maintained or academy primary or secondary school in England. It sets out the arrangements used to support pupils with allergies.

Purpose and scope

The school will use this policy to create and publish its allergy safety arrangements, put allergy safety training in place for all staff, identify pupils who require an Individual Healthcare Plan (IHP) to manage an allergy, produce those IHPs, and record and learn lessons from serious incidents and near misses.

Responsibilities

The governing body or proprietor will oversee the school’s allergy safety arrangements within the scope of this policy.

The school will identify the roles responsible for implementing this policy as follows: [allergy safety lead role].

Staff and other members of the school community should follow the allergy safety arrangements communicated by the school and raise relevant concerns through [allergy safety reporting route].

Prevention and response controls

The school will maintain prevention and response controls for pupils with allergies. The controls used at the school are set out in [allergy prevention and response arrangements].

The school’s arrangements will identify how allergy-related concerns and emergencies are responded to, including the roles involved, the information that must be available, and the route for obtaining further assistance: [allergy response arrangements].

Staff training

The school will put allergy safety training in place for all staff. The training arrangements, including how training is provided and recorded, are set out in [allergy safety training arrangements].

Individual Healthcare Plans

The school will identify children and young people who require Individual Healthcare Plans to manage their allergy and will produce an IHP for each pupil identified as requiring one.

The school’s arrangements for identifying pupils, producing IHPs and making relevant information available to those who need it are set out in [ihp arrangements].

Serious incidents and near misses

The school will record serious incidents and near misses relating to allergy safety and will use them to learn lessons. The recording, review and communication arrangements are set out in [incident learning arrangements].

Publication and availability

The school will publish this allergy safety policy and make it available to the school community at [publication location].

Questions about this policy should be directed to [allergy safety contact].