DfE guidance states that allergy is classed as a medical condition and schools have a duty to support pupils at their school with medical diets and should make reasonable adjustments so children can participate fully and safely – and remove barriers to participating in school life. 

To help schools feel confident and understand how to do this in practice, we encourage all nurseries and schools to use our free Allergy School self-assessment, films, lesson plans and assembly packs to encourage whole-school awareness of food allergies.  

The self-assessment is a simple series of questions, after which the nursery or school receives an indication of its red/amber/green status. They can then use our ‘Top Tips’ to help them better support children with food allergies. Allergy School points them towards key sources of information and template documents.