Schools & early years guidelines

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.

• Pre-school guidelines (110 kb)
• FAQs for the pre-school environment. (214 kb)
• Pre-school medicines (91 kb)

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).

• Order pre-school cards online now (English)

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.

The Medical Conditions at School Partnership is a group of organisations, including Asthma UK, working in collaboration to support schools to provide a safe environment for children and young people with medical conditions.

The conditions covered are: 

• asthma
• anaphylaxis
• cystic fibrosis
• diabetes
• epilepsy.

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