Online Allergy and Anaphylaxis Awareness

Allergy and Anaphylaxis Awareness eLearning
 

This one hour online course is designed to help school staff recognise and respond appropriately to allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, within educational settings. It supports schools working to meet the strengthened allergy safety expectations set out in the statutory guidance in line with Benedict's Law, which applies to schools in England from September 2026.

The course can be completed at any time and is well suited to whole staff training. Because the guidance expects allergy awareness training to reach every member of staff who is present when pupils are on site, and to be refreshed regularly, online learning offers a practical way to train large numbers of staff and to keep new, supply and cover staff up to date throughout the year.

The statutory guidance (Allergy safety in schools, 2026) is clear that first aid training on its own is not sufficient to meet the allergy awareness requirement.

This course is designed to address that requirement directly, giving all staff a shared understanding of allergy risk and emergency response.

Who is the Allergy and Anaphylaxis Awareness course for?

This course is suitable for all school staff who are required to undertake allergy awareness training in line with Benedict's Law.

That includes teachers, teaching assistants and support staff, as well as catering staff, supply and peripatetic staff, agency workers and regular volunteers. It is also ideal for schools that want a straightforward way to train their whole team and to build allergy awareness into staff induction.

No prior qualification is required, and the course covers each topic in a clear and accessible way.

Many schools choose to combine this online course with our onsite Allergy Awareness Training, using practical, in person sessions for their core team and eLearning to achieve complete whole staff coverage.
 

What to Expect?

This course is delivered entirely online and can be completed on a desktop, tablet, or mobile device.

You can log in and out at your own pace. It includes:
 

• Short, clearly structured learning modules
• Straightforward explanations of allergy and anaphylaxis
• Self check questions as you progress
• Practical best practice guidance

Learners are assessed through self checks as they progress through the course and an end of course multiple choice assessment.

Once completed, you’ll be able to download your certificate immediately.

CPD Accreditation 
 

Upon successful completion, learners will be able to download their certificate to show that they have completed and passed the course. This course has been CPD accredited and qualifies for 1 CPD point, providing verifiable evidence of training for your records. 

Course Content 
 

• The development of Benedict's Law
• What is an allergy?
• Mild allergic reactions
• Anaphylaxis: recognition and the ABC approach
• Anaphylaxis: emergency response
• Understanding adrenaline medication, including AAIs and EURneffy nasal spray
• Biphasic anaphylaxis (second wave reactions)
• Allergy Action Plans
• Storing and accessing adrenaline medication
• Allergies and associated health conditions
• Food hypersensitivity, including food allergies, food intolerance and coeliac disease
• Food labelling
• Roles and responsibilities
• Policies and documents
• Staff training
• Inclusion and safeguarding
• Communicating with parents and carers

Please Note

This online course does not include practical training in the use of adrenaline medication (auto injectors and nasal spray), or in CPR and the use of an AED.

Where staff need hands on practice with an adrenaline device, our onsite Allergy Awareness Training or a Paediatric First Aid course provides that practical element.
 

How to Book?

To book, simply complete the form on this page. Once your purchase is complete, you will receive your login details and full instructions within 24 hours.
 

Refrences
 

1. Department of Education: Allergy Safety in Schools