Protecting children. Empowering staff. Saving lives.
AllergyWise® for Early Years Settings is the UK’s leading online allergy training designed specifically for anyone working with children before they start school. Written by clinical experts and early years specialists, this CPD-certified course is easy to follow, engaging, and packed with practical guidance to help you confidently manage allergies – including how to respond in an emergency.
This course is ideal for anyone responsible for children in early years settings. Whether you’re new to allergy management or want to refresh your knowledge, this course will ensure you’re prepared.
Staff in preschools and maintained nurseries
Foundation Stage 1 teachers and support staff
Children’s centre teams
Nannies and childminders
SENCOs (Special Educational Needs Coordinators)
Designated safeguarding leads in early years settings
Any early years practitioner supporting children prior to starting school
This CPD-certified course is evidence-based and developed by a team of medical and educational experts, including allergy nurses, paediatric allergy consultants, teachers, and headteachers. It is tailored for all Setting staff, recognising that any member of staff may find themselves supporting a child experiencing anaphylaxis. The course employs modern, interactive learning techniques, featuring practical scenarios, videos, and audio materials.
The AllergyWise® Early Years Setting curriculum provides comprehensive training for school staff, equipping them to manage allergies and anaphylaxis effectively. It covers essential topics such as recognising the signs and symptoms of serious allergies, safe management practices, and administering adrenaline auto-injectors during emergencies. Guidance on emergency response protocols and the secure storage of auto-injectors ensures safety and readiness. Additionally, the programme emphasises inclusivity and safeguarding, fostering a supportive environment for all children, including those with serious allergies.
Signs and symptoms of allergy & anaphylaxis
Emergency response in the event of anaphylaxis
Administration of adrenaline auto-injectors
How to storage adrenaline auto-injectors safely
Allergy Management in Settings
Inclusivity
Safeguarding
The course includes short videos, quizzes, interactive content, downloadable resources and a final assessment. On completion, you’ll receive a digital certificate. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
You’ll get instant access to a one-hour CPD-certified online course, packed with clear videos, real-life scenarios and interactive quizzes. The course also comes with free downloadable allergy awareness lesson plans, activity packs and a digital certificate upon completion – everything you need to build confidence and create a safer, more inclusive early years setting.
Approx. 1-hour online course – learn at your own pace
Engaging videos, scenario examples, and expert narration
Free allergy awareness lesson plans and activity packs
Downloadable certificate of completion
CPD Certified and backed by medical and educational professionals
AllergyWise® is developed by Anaphylaxis UK, the country’s leading charity for serious allergies, with over 8 years’ experience delivering trusted training. Our courses are clinically reviewed, CPD certified and tailored specifically to the needs of early years professionals. With clear guidance, practical tools and expert-led content, you can be confident you’re getting the highest quality training available.
Developed by Anaphylaxis UK, the UK’s leading allergy charity
Based on the latest Department for Education and Department of Health guidance
Over 8 years of proven impact across schools and early years settings
Already trusted by thousands of professionals nationwide
With serious allergies on the rise in the UK, it’s never been more important for early years professionals to understand how to prevent allergic reactions and act fast in an emergency. This training gives you the knowledge and confidence to protect every child in your care.
Demonstrate your Setting’s commitment to inclusive allergy management by applying for the FREE AllergyWise® Early Years Setting Award.
Awarded Settings receive tailored support from our Education and AllergyWise Manager, along with access to our helpline for expert guidance. Successful applicants are recognised with a certificate, a logo to display on their website and correspondence additionally they are feature on our website and social media. This award highlights the Setting’s dedication to providing outstanding care for children with allergies, showcasing the Setting as a safe, inclusive and supportive environment.
Our allergy awareness resources for young children are included as part of this course. Completing our course before delivering these activities will help staff to feel confident talking about allergies with young children.
Unlike other allergy training, Anaphylaxis UK is uniquely placed to provide regularly updated content from educational and medical experts to make sure that you receive the most up-to -date support.
Please see our FAQs below. For further support, get in touch via our course support page.
Click one of the purchase buttons throughout this page, or through this link. Payment is made by credit/debit card or invoice. Please note that paying by invoice takes longer to access the course as payment has to be received before access to the course can be granted. Payment by credit/debit card gives instant access.
The course costs £105 including VAT for 5 participants.
A 20% discount is available the next year for settings who purchase the course again after 12 months. If you’ve previously purchased our AllergyWise® for Early Years course for 5 or more of your staff, please use the contact form to get in touch for a discount code before purchasing.
We encourage a whole setting allergy awareness approach – the more staff who are allergy aware and can recognise the signs of anaphylaxis, the safer all children with allergies in an early years setting will be. Training all staff ensures that the setting is always covered during breaks, illness, CPD and other absence and is not left in a vulnerable position because the trained staff are unavailable.
From September 2025 changes to Safeguarding in the Early Years will mean that all staff in a setting will need to be trained.
Our course also includes additional benefits: allergy awareness resources for young children plus the opportunity to achieve our AllergyWise® Early Years Setting award.
We have determined that 5 staff are the minimum that settings need to train. This ensures that the setting is always covered during breaks, illness, CPD and other absence and is not left in a vulnerable position because the trained staff are unavailable.
From September 2025 changes to Safeguarding in the Early Years will mean that all staff in a setting will need to be trained.
Once purchased, you will be able to use the course places for 12 months, so if you have any staff changes, new staff members, ad-hoc staff, there will be courses available for them to take.
Yes, this course is designed for all early years providers, including childminders.
If you would like further information about purchasing the course, please use the contact form to get in touch.
The Course Admin who purchases the course enrols users onto the course. This is done by logging into My Account and going to ‘Course Admin’. Add users by entering their name and email address under the orange bar. The enrolled user will then receive an email with their account login details so they can access the training. Each staff member needs their own account to complete the course individually.
Log into your account: My Account, open the Course Admin tab on the left hand side and click ‘Add additional users’
