Separate from the general medical conditions policy.

○ Reviewed annually.

Available to parents and staff, typically via the school website.

3. Provide allergy awareness and anaphylaxis training for all staff
4. ○ Not just first aiders.
5. ○ Includes teachers, support staff, lunchtime supervisors, catering staff, administrative staff and other personnel who may supervise pupils.
4. Maintain emergency adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs)
5. Spare, in-date devices must be available on site.
6. o Procedures must be in place to ensure rapid access during emergencies.
5. Have Individual Healthcare Plans (IHPs)
6. o For pupils with significant allergies.
7. o Regularly reviewed and shared with relevant staff.
6. Improve recording and reporting
7. o Schools should record allergic incidents and near misses.
8. Lessons learned should inform future practice.
7. Governance implications

For governors and trustees, Benedict's Law creates a new compliance and assurance responsibility. Governors should seek evidence that:

• An allergy policy has been approved and published.
• Appropriate training has been completed and refreshed.
• Emergency medication is available, in date an
• Healthcare plans are in place for identif
• The school is monitoring incidents and near misses.
• Allergy risks are considered in educational visits, wraparound care and catering arrangements.

This is likely to become part of routine safeguarding and health-and-safety oversight. Governors may decide to give this responsibility for allergy awareness and management oversight to the Safeguarding Governor particularly as allergy management overlaps significantly with pupil welfare, health and safety, medical conditions and safeguarding assurance. The safeguarding governor can include allergy compliance within their existing monitoring activity. Alternatively governing boards may want to give this responsibility to the Health & Safety Governor or appoint a named allergy governor.

5. Achievement in Barnet

In April, May and June 2026, pupils in Reception, Year 1, Year 4, Year 6, Year 11 and Year 13 across Barnet were involved in statutory assessments and examinations. We have received the provisional outcomes for these, with the finalised results being published late in the Autumn Term. There will be a full report on achievement in Barnet schools produced in February 2027. However, the provisional outcomes are positive with all key stages (KS) having provisional achievement above national and generally above London. By the end of Key Stage 2 attainment is in the top quartile of the country with progress (between end of KS1 and KS2) being particularly strong, in the top 5 or 10% in all subjects.

At GCSE, provisional data (based on returns from 26 out of the 28 schools with Year 11), shows 42% of students in Barnet achieved Grade 7 or above compared to a national average of 21.8% and the London average of 28.6%. 82% of students in Barnet achieved a standard pass (Grade 4 or above), which is significantly higher than both the national average of 67% and the London average of 71.7%. 79% achieved a standard pass (grade 4 or above) in both English and Maths.

At A Level, provisional data (based on returns from 27 out of the 29 schools/colleges with Year 13), shows 39% of Barnet students achieved an A* or A, higher than the national average of 28.5% and the London average of 32.7%. 84% of students achieved an A* to C grade, above the national average of 78.4%. 97% of A-level examinations were awarded an A* to E grade in line with the national average.