Allergy Safety Toolkit
Benedict’s Law came into force in September 2026 and new statutory guidance from the Department for Education, Allergy Safety in Schools, sets out the expectations on schools for allergy safety. To help you apply these measures to your educational visits, EVOLVE Advice has produced an Allergy Safety Toolkit, which you can download below. The toolkit includes:
Allergy Safety Checklist for Visit Leaders and EVCs
use our planning and risk management checklist to make sure your visit is in line with the guidance.
Example Wording for your School Allergy Policy
Use our example wording to help ensure your Educational Visits Policy is aligned with the requirements of the allergy guidance
Example Wording for your Educational Visits Policy
Use our example wording to help ensure your Schools Allergy Policy includes points on educational visits.
Template Letter to Pharmacist
Use our template letter to help with your purchase of asthma inhalers and/or AAI devices from pharmacists.
Webinar: Allergy Safety on Educational Visits
18 September 2026 11am
Further guidance
Read our AdviceONLINE article about the guidance and what it means for your visits.
View OEAP National Guidance 6o FAQs Allergy and anaphylaxis
View Beyond the Gates 1.3.3 Medication
Training
Designated Allergy Lead Training delivered by The Allergy Team
Allergy and anaphylaxis e-learning for schools (Allergy UK and The Allergy Team)
About the guidance: Allergy Safety in Schools
Statutory guidance on managing allergies in schools, Allergy Safety in Schools, sets out what schools must do to support pupils with allergies. It includes guidance on educational visits off the school site. Inclusion, safety and training are key elements:
Schools must not ‘prevent children from participating or create unnecessary barriers to external visits and trips’ e.g by requiring parents to attend to help manage a child’s allergy.
Schools must undertake a risk assessment for any child or young person at risk of anaphylaxis taking part in a trip off the premises.
Schools must have a dedicated allergy safety policy, separate from their general medical conditions policy - make sure this includes reference to educational visits.
All staff must be trained in allergy and anaphylaxis. This training must go beyond basic first aid training and should include understanding allergy, how to reduce risk, recognising and responding to allergic reactions and supporting the wellbeing of pupils with allergies.
All schools are expected to purchase spare adrenaline devices (these must be held in addition to pupils having their own prescribed devices) - decisions on whether to take spare adrenaline devices on visits must be risk assessed by the school.
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Don’t get caught out
MediMinder is a free reminder service for schools managing medication.
It’s more than just an expiry date tracker; it’s peace of mind. Mediminder gives schools, individuals and parents a simple way to keep AAIs and asthma pumps in date, accounted for and ready when they're needed most. It's free to use, with no catches.
EVOLVE Accident Book
EVOLVE Accident Book, is more than just an accident reporting system. It provides convenient access for school staff to manage medical conditions and to record and learn from accidents, incidents, and near misses.