Designated Allergy Lead Training
For allergy confidence and a safer school
Operational leadership for whole-school allergy safety, both on-site and when you’re out and about.
EVOLVE Advice is working with The Allergy Team to offer Designated Allergy Lead training for staff working in schools and education settings. This training supports staff to gain the knowledge and skills to implement best practice in allergy management in your setting and beyond.
What is a Designated Allergy Lead?
Appointing a Designated Allergy Lead isn’t just a smart choice, it’s increasingly considered essential. Schools working to the Schools Allergy Code, a framework backed by the Department for Education, are already making this role part of their long-term safeguarding and inclusion strategy.
Having a Designated Allergy Lead in place gives your school a named individual to embed consistent, confident, whole-school systems that work: every day, not just on paper.
(You will be redirected to The Allergy Team booking system to select your course date and access part 1 e-learning.)
About the course
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Deputy Heads with pastoral or safeguarding responsibilities
Assistant Heads seeking CPD and operational leadership experience
Business Managers, Welfare or Medical Leads, or H&S Coordinators
Educational Visits Coordinators with responsibility for safeguarding on offsite visits
Schools who want to nominate more than one staff member (multi-booking discount available)
If allergy leadership is currently informal, or shared between roles, this course is for you.
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Designated Allergy Lead training supports staff to gain the knowledge and skills to support their school to implement best practice in allergy management. It includes the following:
How to create a safer and inclusive environment for your pupils
What best practice allergy management really looks like in schools
How to design systems that don’t rely on an individual
How to reduce risk without over-restriction
How to embed consistent practice across catering, trips, classrooms, and cover
How to brief staff effectively and lead with confidence
How to assess your current setup and identify the gaps
How to embed allergy awareness culture throughout the school
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Designated Allergy Lead training is a blended learning course made up of two parts, totalling 5.5 hours of guided learning.
Part 1: 2.5 hours of online training. This supports staff to have an excellent understanding of allergy and how it impacts school life and introduces staff to the fundamental elements of instilling best practice allergy management in a school. This must be completed before part 2.
Part 2: 3 hours live training conducted over Teams to small groups. The interactive workshop is hosted by The Allergy Team and will include breakout sessions and exercises.
On completion you will receive a certificate and a pin demonstrating that you have had Designated Allergy Lead training.
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The live sessions (part 2) will run on Monday afternoons and Wednesday mornings from 17 September.
You will be asked to choose your session at the time of booking.
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You can book via a link on this webpage.
You will receive an email with details of how to log in to access Part 1 training (self-directed e-learning).For Part 2 live online training you must be able to access Teams. You must have a working camera and microphone that are enabled and you need to attend the session without interruptions. Before you book, please check that you can do this.
No travel required
Certification on completion
Live online sessions run weekly (choose the best date for you - you need come to only one)
Live sessions are delivered on Mondays 12-3pm and Wednesdays 10am–1pm starting Monday 17th September
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The cost is £180 + VAT @20% per person.
There is a shorter, refresher course for Years 2 and 3. Please contact The Allergy Team for more info.
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We understand schools are busy environments and things change. If you need to rearrange your session, please get in touch at schools@theallergyteam.com and we will help you to do this.
Please note you can change your session once, with at least two working days’ notice. If you need to change with less notice, or more than once, it’s up to our discretion whether we can allow this without charge.
Why schools recommend The Allergy Team
“The Allergy Team clearly understand the issues in schools. The guidance provided is clear and practical so that schools not only meet their statutory obligations but also develop a sustainable culture of understanding, openness and adaptability in what might initially seem a complex world of allergies.”
"This was excellent training – really comprehensive and informative. It really helped to reinforce so many important messages we have had from the children, parents and first-aid trainers. Thank you for this.”
(You will be redirected to The Allergy Team booking system to select your course date and access part 1 e-learning.)
Make allergy safety a priority
Find out more about how The Allergy Team can help you develop a whole-school approach to allergy safety.