According to a poll of 1,900 members of the NASUWT teaching union, in collaboration with The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, 95 per cent of teachers have children with food allergies in their school, yet 67 per cent have had no allergy awareness training.
One in five teachers said they have never been taught how to administer an adrenaline auto-injector which could save a life in a food allergy emergency, and almost two-thirds don’t know or are unsure if their school has an allergy policy.
Tanya Ednan-Laperouse, founder of The Natasha Allergy Foundation, whose daughter died aged 15 from a food allergic reaction, said the survey findings were ‘shocking’ and exposed the barriers faced by too many children with food allergies in Britain’s schools, which can leave them feeling excluded and isolated.
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