Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 43627

First Aid: Curriculum

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to promote first aid training for school pupils.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
All state-funded schools are required to teach about first aid as part of the statutory health education set out within the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance. Independent schools are required to cover health education as pa...

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