Guidance and regulation

How schools can prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 February 2024

Apply for a grant to train a senior mental health lead to develop your school or college's approach to mental health and wellbeing.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 5 April 2024

Statutory guidance about the support that pupils with medical conditions should receive at school.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 August 2017

• Supporting pupils with medical conditions: links to other useful resources

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Summary of responsibilities where a mental health issue is affecting attendance and examples of effective practice.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 7 February 2023

Guidance on the 8 principles of a whole school or college approach to promoting mental health and wellbeing.

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 16 November 2023

Guidance explaining the powers schools have to screen and search pupils, and to confiscate items they find.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 July 2023

How schools can support pupils whose mental health problems manifest themselves in behaviour.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 12 November 2018

Support for school breakfast club provision.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 4 March 2024

Guidance for employers in early years, schools and colleges on first aid provision.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 14 February 2022

Guidance to help schools understand their health and safety obligations.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 5 April 2022

Guidance for schools in England on using emergency inhalers.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 4 September 2014

Guidance to help schools understand their obligations when undertaking educational visits and other out of school activities.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 26 November 2018

Guidance to help schools understand what they should do to remove someone who is on the premises without permission.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 27 November 2018

How schools can buy, install and maintain an automated external defibrillator.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 22 December 2023

Guidance for schools about setting up and improving counselling services for pupils.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 17 February 2016

The healthy schools rating scheme is a self-assessment tool designed to help schools improve the health and wellbeing of their pupils.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 October 2022

Guidance and resources to help education staff support Ukrainian pupils.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 28 September 2022

Practical advice for teachers, technicians and other staff who buy, store or dispose of hazardous chemicals.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 17 November 2017

This briefing offers head teachers, governors and school staff a summary of the key evidence that highlights the link between health and wellbeing and educational attainment.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 16 November 2023

Guidance for schools and post-16 education organisations in England on providing free period products for pupils and students.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 7 September 2023