🏫 First Aid in Schools, Early Years and Further Education
The Department for Education guidance First Aid in Schools, Early Years and Further Education makes clear the statutory requirement under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations:
- Employers must provide adequate first aid provision for their staff.
- It is also strongly recommended that the provision extends to non-employees such as pupils, students, and visitors, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for all.
🎓 ITC Level 3 Award in First Aid for Schools and Colleges (FASch)
This two-day course is designed specifically for educational establishments to meet their duty of care and training obligations.
Key Features:
- ✅ Meets statutory requirements for staff first aid provision.
- ✅ Goes beyond First Aid at Work by including paediatric first aid, ensuring children and young people are fully covered.
- ✅ Covers resuscitation procedures for adults and children up to 18 years old.
- ✅ Tailored to the school and college environment, blending workplace compliance with child-focused care.
🌟 Why Choose This Qualification?
- Comprehensive coverage: Adults, children, and young people.
- Sector-specific relevance: Designed for schools, colleges, and early years settings.
- Confidence and compliance: Ensures staff are prepared for emergencies across age groups.
- Peace of mind: Supports both statutory obligations and best practice recommendations.
📚 Course Delivery
The ITC Level 3 Award in First Aid for Schools and Colleges (FASch) is delivered through practical, hands-on training, ensuring participants gain confidence and competence in real-world scenarios.
🔑 Topics Covered
Learners will develop skills across a wide range of essential first aid situations, including:
- Role and responsibilities of first aiders in schools and colleges
- Managing unresponsive adult and child casualties (breathing and non-breathing)
- Seizures and choking incidents
- Blood loss and wound management
- Limb, spine, head, and chest injuries
- Burns and scalds
- Eye, ear, and nose issues
- Poisoning and anaphylaxis
- Recognition and response to major illness
- Cold and heat-related conditions
- Treatment of minor injuries
🧑🏫 Training Approach
- Predominantly practical delivery: Learners engage in realistic scenarios and interactive exercises.
- Continuous assessment: Performance is observed throughout the course, ensuring skills are consistently demonstrated and reinforced.
- Supportive environment: Training is designed to build confidence, encourage teamwork, and prepare staff for emergencies involving both adults and children.
Features
Qualification training requires:
- Minimum course contact time of 12 hours (excluding breaks).
- 1:12 assessor-to-learner ratio.
- Successful completion will result in the candidate gaining an ITC Level 3 Award in First Aid for Schools and Colleges certificate, which is valid for a lifetime of 3 years from the date of course completion in line with industry standards.
- The HSE strongly recommends that learners take an annual 3-hour refresher during the lifetime of their workplace first aid qualifications.
- FASch requalification is by taking the full FASch qualification again at the three-year expiry point.
🌟 Why Choose Remote First Aid?
Selecting the right training provider is as important as the qualification itself. Remote First Aid offers a unique blend of expertise, sector relevance, and learner-focused delivery that makes us the ideal choice for schools, colleges, and early years settings.
✅ Expertise and Accreditation
- Nationally recognised: Approved to deliver ITC qualifications, ensuring compliance with Department for Education guidance and Health & Safety regulations.
- Specialist trainers: Experienced in both workplace and paediatric first aid, with a deep understanding of educational environments.
- Up-to-date practice: Courses integrate the latest Resuscitation Council UK guidelines and sector standards.
🧑🏫 Education-Focused Delivery
- Tailored to schools and colleges: Content designed specifically for staff working with children and young people.
- Scenario-based learning: Practical, immersive training that reflects real-life situations in classrooms, playgrounds, and wider campus settings.
- Inclusive approach: Training environments that build confidence, psychological safety, and teamwork among staff.
💡 Added Value
- Comprehensive coverage: Adults, children, and young people up to 18 years old.
- Continuous assessment: Learners are supported throughout, with performance observed and reinforced rather than relying on a single exam.
- Flexible delivery: Options to suit organisational needs, from whole-staff training to targeted CPD sessions as outlined below.
📆 Flexible Delivery – Split Training Days
Remote First Aid understands the challenges of timetabling and staff availability in busy educational settings. To support schools and colleges, this qualification can be delivered as two separate training days, scheduled no more than four weeks apart.
Benefits of Split Delivery
- Minimises disruption: Training can be fitted around teaching schedules and operational demands.
- Supports retention: Learners have time to reflect and consolidate skills between sessions.
- Inclusive access: Easier for staff to attend without needing to commit to a full block of training.
- Compliance assured: The split format still meets all assessment and qualification requirements.
🌍 Trusted by Education Leaders
Remote First Aid is chosen by schools, colleges, and community groups across the UK because we combine:
- Operational excellence in course design and delivery
- Commitment to inclusivity and wellbeing
- Proven track record in supporting HR managers, safeguarding leads, and senior leadership teams