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Schools have a legal obligation to provide first aid to on-site personnel. Bumps, bruises, cuts and grazes are an everyday reality in educational environments due to the active nature of young children and the recreational activities they participate in. It is essential that you have the first aid supplies at hand to deal with these injuries. We have a range of kits that feature a variety of products to ensure that you are equipped to treat common ailments in classrooms, in the playground and even when out and about on school trips. Our kits include everything you will need to administer first aid effectively, and some even contain colourful items to keep youngsters happy in times of distress.

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Choosing the Best School First Aid Kit

Do you need a first aid kit for schools? Yes. So which is the best children’s first aid kit, you might ask? Seton offers a full range of school emergency first aid bags, boxes and more specifically tailored for the everyday accident care requirements of education and infant care settings - from infants at nursery, to primary and early years to secondary schools as well as much bigger kids at college and university.

Compact and perfect for childminders, creche/nursery and junior academies; our Childcare First Aid Kits is packed full of essentials, to provide vital incident support for schools - from sterile cleansing wipes, bandages and tape to washproof plasters, eye coverings and gauze swabs - all supplied in a robust travel case that is resistant to dust and water to keep your necessities safe, clean (and ideally sterile) and ready for action - a great all round dedicated children’s package perfect for the classroom at primary or secondary school.

While the Childcare First Aid Kits are great as a wall-mounted, quick access point for emergency care; what about during breaks when the pupils are outside on the playground? If supervising staff are equipped with our Playground Bum Bag First Aid Kit there is no need to worry. This comfortable child appropriate sized kit is designed to be worn around the waist to make stock easily accessible in the event of bumps, slips and trips that so often happen on the premises of early years institutions. Tailored to treat these kinds of accidents, this children’s injury care pack includes a host of washproof plasters, sterile eye wash, bandages and more…even a foil blanket to cover every eventuality.

Planning a school bus outing? Or a trip with groups such as cubs, scouts, brownies, guides or even cadets? Don’t be caught out without Seton’s School Trip First Aid Kit. This comprehensive pack includes an impressive product list - from the expected dressings, bandages, and plasters to ice packs, vomit bags and a whistle - all supplied in an easy-wear rucksack. A specially designed junior kit for educational excursions, this kit exceeds British Standard 8599-A Medium.

Our Top 3 School First Aid Kits

It can be tough, selecting the right child first aid pack for educational environments, which is why we’ve made things a little easier with our top 3 child’s first aid collections.

Product Features
Childcare First Aid Kits Seton's Childcare First Aid Kit, with all contents laid out in front.
  • Perfect for childminders, pre-school and similar primary education
  • Supplied in a durable case, designed to resist dust and water
  • Suitable for up to 20 people
Playground First Aid Kit Seton's Playground First Aid Kit, with all contents laid out in front.
  • Tailor-made to respond quickly to accidents on the playground
  • Supplied in a bum bag style pouch to make supplies quickly accessible
  • Suitable for 10+ people
School Trip First Aid Kit Seton's School Trip First Aid Kit, with all contents laid out in front.
  • Comprehensive kit, perfect for field trips as well as scouts/brownies outings
  • Comfortable rucksack style ensure supplies don’t weigh you down
  • Suitable for more than 20 people

When the inevitable, inevitably happens; and you need to restock your classroom, playground or other child’s primary care kit, we have an expansive range of refill packs - perfect for topping up components of junior first aid packages or creating your own incident contingency kit.

What should be in a school first aid kit?

While the individual components and equipment included in your accident or emergency assortment may differ slightly, depending on where they are deployed, we’ve put together a 10 item child’s school first aid kit product checklist that all of your children’s welfare bags and boxes should contain. Please be aware a school bus first aid pack contents list may differ - we’ll cover this in more detail later.

  • Assorted Washproof Plasters
  • Cleansing Wipes
  • Guidance Leaflet
  • HSE Approved Dressings
  • Microporous Tape
  • Nitrile Gloves
  • Non-Adherent Dressings
  • Safety Pins
  • Scissors
  • Triangular Bandages

It is important to remember that it is the responsibility of anyone in charge of children, not just teachers, to ensure child accident care supplies are fully stocked and ready for use in the event of an accident. For this reason it is advised that all schools and similar education centres operate a school first aid kit checklist, to keep track of supplies and equipment; and order refill packs before stocks run low.

For more information on what to include in your educational setting incident support reserves, please see guidance from the Department for Education.

Are there specific first aid kits for schools?

While many first aid packages, put together with adult patients in mind, can work for junior patients, it is important to remember contents, such as bandages and dressings, may be supplied in unsuitably large sizes. For this reason it is important that a child medical bag or box for any education setting is suitably stocked for the children attending the institution in question.

Seton's Childcare First Aid box with the contents laid out in front of the box.
Childcare First Aid Kits

Similarly the 2006 Childcare Act created the Early Years Foundation Station Statutory Framework (EYFS) which outlines the standards that school and juniors care providers are obliged to meet in supporting the learning and development of infants up to the age of five years. Tailored to meet this strict first aid for schools standard, Seton’s Childcare First Aid Kits are designed to keep childcare centres compliant with their legal obligations where children’s welfare resources are concerned.

Seton's First Aid Training Kit which includes triangular bandages, dressings, gloves and resuscitation device.
First Aid Training Kit

Since 2020, the school curriculum has been updated to include requirements for all primary school age children to be taught basic first aid techniques, with more advanced methods taught at secondary school level.

Perfect for meeting these new needs, or as a refresher for staff, Seton’s First Aid Training Kit contains the essentials to get started with a course of first aid for schools.

What does the law say?

How many children’s first aid boxes does a school need?

While there is a simple answer to this question, it becomes less straightforward in practice. The Department for Education outlines guidelines for first aid in UK schools. In brief this guidance indicates that the minimum requirements for medical aid in educational settings is,

  • A suitable first aid container, such as a children’s first aid kit, stocked in accordance with the findings of a risk assessment. Failing that it should contain at least the minimum requirements suggested by HSE
  • A designated first aider(s), or at least an appointed person(s), to assume responsibility for first aid arrangements
  • Information for employees and other personnel, outlining the location, facilities and personnel on hand related to matters of first aid

The part we’re interested in here is to do with the number of first aid containers. As a minimum at least one should be provided for each site, however a first aid needs/risk assessment may identify that more are required.

For example, for larger or split-level sites, playing fields and playgrounds as well as any other high risk areas may require their own children’s first aid kit. Equally off-site activities, like school trips, should also have their own first aid resources available for the duration. Similarly any vehicle, such as the school bus should be equipped with primary care facilities.

Use our calculator to decide how many school first aid bags, boxes or cabinets you need.

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What about school transport?

The Department for Education outlines specific guidelines for public service vehicles - namely school buses - both minibuses and larger buses being used to transport juniors and adolescents to/from school premises. This guidance states all such vehicles must carry at least one child first aid kit. The products within a school bus first aid kit should include;

  • 10 x Antiseptic wipes
  • 1 Disposable bandage (7.5cm or larger)
  • 2 x Triangular bandages
  • Pack or 24 (or more) assorted dressings
  • 3 x Large Ambulance dressings (15x20cm or larger)
  • 2 x Sterile eye pads
  • 12 x Safety Pins
  • 1 x Scissors

Developed to meet British BS8599 Standards, Seton’s British Standard Compliant Vehicle First Aid Kits offer an ideal way to ensure the school bus first aid setup is fully prepared for onboard incidents, while our School Trip First Aid Kit is perfect for when students leave the bus on a school trip.