Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 86867

Schools: CPR and Defibrillators

Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Dr Sam Rushworth

LabourBishop Auckland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools provide mandatory (a) CPR training and (b) defibrillator use; and what systems are in place to monitor implementation across schools.

Answer

Georgia Gould
All state funded schools are required to teach first aid as part of the statutory health education set out in the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance. Independent schools are required to cover health education as part of thei...

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