You are here:
Keeping EpiPens in school
Can schools keep spare EpiPens? Schools can keep spare EpiPens on site and administer them to certain pupils in an emergency. We summarise guidance from the Department of Health and link to further information on administering medicines in school and examples of consent forms for using EpiPens.
- Administering medicines in school: guidance
- Administering medicines: parental consent
- Administering medicines: template record forms
- First aid provision on school trips
- First aid provision: requirements and guidance
- Individual healthcare plans: guidance, templates and examples
- Individual healthcare plans: when should pupils have one?
- Supporting pupils with asthma
- Supporting pupils with complex medical needs
More from The Key

Pupil mental health: deepening understanding
Are you looking to deepen your staff's understanding of mental health, including anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation? Safeguarding Training Centre has the resources you need.
Evidence-led training courses that make it easy to upskill staff, anytime, anywhere.
CPD Toolkit is the most effective way to virtually deliver evidence-led training and support the professional development of your staff. Downloadable courses and online 5-minute summaries provide flexibility for training, whether staff are participating as skeleton staff in-school, via video call or individually at their own pace.
- In the news: Your weekly round-up for 19 - 26 February 2021 26 Feb 2021 08:00 New
- In the news: Your weekly round-up for 12 - 19 February 2021 19 Feb 2021 08:00 New
- In the news: Your weekly round-up for 5 - 12 February 2021 12 Feb 2021 08:00 New
- In the news: Your weekly round-up for 29 January - 5 February 2021 5 Feb 2021 08:00 New
- In the news: Your weekly round-up for 22 - 29 January 2021 29 Jan 2021 08:00
The Key has taken great care in publishing this article. However, some of the article's content and information may come from or link to third party sources whose quality, relevance, accuracy, completeness, currency and reliability we do not guarantee. Accordingly, we will not be held liable for any use of or reliance placed on this article's content or the links or downloads it provides. This article may contain information sourced from public sector bodies and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.