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Safeguarding
every child's right to
breathe healthy
classroom air
Every child deserves to learn in a healthy environment, and every member of staff deserves a safe place to work.
Safe Air Schools is a grassroots, parent-led Community Interest Company dedicated to improving indoor air quality in schools. Working alongside experts and a national coalition united by a shared purpose, we champion practical, evidence-based solutions that help create healthier, safer and more inclusive learning environments.
We bring together families, educators, researchers, policymakers and community organisations to turn the evidence into meaningful action. By raising awareness, sharing guidance and advocating for lasting change, we help schools reduce exposure to air pollution, airborne pathogens and other indoor air contaminants.
What We Do
Improving indoor air quality requires collaboration. We work across education, public health and policy to help schools make informed decisions that protect the health and well-being of children and staff.
Our work includes:
- Advocating for policy change that places healthy indoor environments at the heart of education.
- Raising awareness of the importance of clean air in schools and the simple measures that can make a lasting difference.
- Empowering parents and educators to understand indoor air quality and take effective action.
- Bringing together experts, researchers and organisations to share knowledge and strengthen collaboration.
- Supporting schools and communities with practical, evidence-based guidance and solutions.
Practical Solutions
Safe Air Schools supports a whole-school approach to air quality, promoting practical, evidence-based solutions for inclusive, equitable and sustainable education, showing that healthier learning environments are both essential and possible. Every action counts.
Local Action: Hampshire
Our founding county is a blueprint for community action, and our website is a living, regularly updated online resource, sharing guidance and proven practical resources to spark conversations and support decision-makers in creating healthier, safer and more inclusive learning environments.
National Impact
National Allergy Strategy Involvement
National Policy Contributions
International Engagement
Resources
Safe Air Schools shares tried-and-tested, relevant resources that have been instrumental in facilitating conversations and driving progress in our founding county, nationally and beyond.
Resources, guidance, evidence; downloads
Community and Collaboration
Working together for safer schools.
We collaborate with children, charities, schools, parents, researchers, organisations and experts to help create healthier learning environments nationwide.
Community Interest Company
Safe Air Schools is a not-for-profit social enterprise, registered as a Community Interest Company in the UK. This means that any profit is reinvested solely for the benefit of our community.
Our latest news
Commissioned by TCPA
A commissioned article for the Town and Country Planning Association examining why indoor air quality is an overlooked public health issue in schools and how better classroom environments can support healthier, more inclusive learning.
National Allergy Strategy Launch
Our founder was invited to the launch of the National Allergy Strategy at the Palace of Westminster, in recognition of her contribution to the strategy's indoor and outdoor air (respiratory) working group.
Statutory Guidance
Invited to contribute to the evidence and consultation informing England's updated statutory guidance on Allergy Safety in Schools.
Contribution to The Discussion
Safe Air Schools was invited to contribute to an iPaper article on heatwaves, sharing insights into the impact of overheating in schools.
Open Letter
Safe Air Schools sends an open letter to the four nations' education ministers and children's commissioners gaining national support.
Hampshire Press Article
'Hampshire schools deserve clean air in classrooms'. A local press article sharing how Safe Air Schools began.
87%
of Britain's schools are in toxic neighbourhoods, with 12 million children at risk
86%
of new school sites are planned in areas that breach all three World Health Organisation air pollution targets
