Schools & early years guidelines

These materials are designed to help schools and pre-school carers implement a safe asthma policy for children in their care.

Boy under five years old

Pre-school Asthma Pack: resources for early years carers

These guidelines are to help local authorities, pre-school groups, pre-school management committees, workers in pre-school and nursery and parents to develop effective policies for dealing with asthma. The guidelines aim to promote a working partnership between all concerned, resulting in the development and successful implementation of an asthma policy.

Download the guidelines using the links below, order a pack online or call our Supporter & Information Team on 08456 03 81 43.

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Pre-school Asthma Card

The ideal way of providing written information about a child with asthma for pre-school group, such as the asthma medicines they need to take, their triggers and emergency contact details.Pre-school cards are available in packs of 20, in English or bilingual (Welsh/English).

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School Asthma Card

The school card is a convenient resource designed to help both primary and secondary schools keep a central asthma register at the school that is available to all staff.

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School Asthma Pack

This pack is designed as guidance for school staff, school nurses, head teachers, school governors/school boards, local education authorities/library boards, the school health service and others in primary and secondary schools in the UK, to help develop and maintain a school asthma policy that is customised to your individual school's needs.

You can view or download the elements of the pack using the links below.

How to order

You can order these resources online, email Asthma UK's (Supporter & Information Team or call us on 08456 03 81 43).

School Asthma Pack contents