Educational Flyer
A simple one-page guide to the main points about IAQ. This flyer is now in use in France, Canada and the United States. Print off and ask whether your child's school would display it on classroom walls.
Air Pollution in Schools Graphic
A one-page guide connecting outdoor pollution around schools to indoor pollution sources, detailing both short-term and long-term health effects.
Air Purifier Comparison
A UK chart produced in partnership with HouseFresh utilising independent, third-party test data. Produced February 2025.
Letter To Head Teacher
A letter template to send to a Head Teacher or to use as a framework for your own. Fully referenced. It can be adapted for sending to a Governor, local authority or Trust. Download the letter, then cut and paste, remembering to adapt it as necessary to positively build a relationship with the recipient.
Letter To MP
A letter template to send to your MP or use as a framework for your own. Fully referenced. Download the letter then cut and paste.
How to Use A CO2 Monitor In Classrooms
A comprehensive poster from the National Education Union. See also Health And Safety Executive and the Department for Education.
TUCAN Resources
TUCAN is a coalition of 14 major trade unions, set up by Hazards Campaign and Greener Jobs Alliance, in 2019. TUCAN's view is that air pollution disproportionately impacts workers and was formed to make sure that air pollution in the workplace is given the attention it needs. The short film attached explains more.
The Clean Air App
Download this app to keep up-to-date with outdoor air pollution in your school's location.
Notifications from the App and Widgets serve as helpful reminders to act and take care of the air we breathe.
How to Chose A Commercial Air Filter
Choosing a safe, cost-effective and efficient air filter for a hall, classroom or corridor requires knowledge and basic calculations. Where possible, please consult a mechanical engineer to help assess the building’s ventilation. Your school's Local Authority or Trust should provide this service.
This may not always be possible. While we wait for cost-effective, efficient solutions from the Department for Education, the following guides have been selected by independent expert guidance.
HouseFresh
HouseFresh is an Independent publication focused on air quality.
Read 'How to choose an air purifier: 10 things you need to know', for an objective overview.
Clean Air Stars
An independent organisation with a calculation tool to help guide air filter choices.
University of Melbourne
The School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences provides a guide of Frequently Asked Questions About air filters.
DIY Air Filter
Written instructions on how to construct an air filter big enough for high occupancy classrooms.
SAMHE Project
UK Research and Innovation funded SAMHE to work with schools to provide evidence, improve school air quality and link these to health outcomes and educational attainment.
Resources are available on their website together with their recommendations to the government.
SMART Air
Smart Air provide open-source data and host educational workshops across the world, teaching people, including children, how to build DIY air filters and protect themselves from poor air quality.
Smart Air is a social enterprise and certified B-Corp promoting cost-effective, data-backed air filters to combat indoor air pollution.
Further Reading
Guides
NEU Guide: Ventilation in Schools and Colleges
DFE Guide: Using CO₂ monitors and air cleaning units in education and care settings
BESA: Guides to Indoor Air Quality
Royal Academy of Engineers: Ventilation matters - why clean air is vital to health
Research
Reports
The Impact of Climate Change on Child Health Around The World
Royal College of Paediatrics: Health effects of indoor air quality on children and young people
Public Health Communication Centre. Long Covid in New Zealand; Preventative Action Needed
The Lancet: Designing Infectious Disease Resilience into Schools Through Improvements to Ventilation
HSA Code of Practice for Indoor Air Quality
Safer Shared Air: A Critical Accessibility And Inclusion Issue
News
The Guardian: Indoor Air Quality Should be Monitored
Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic for Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality
Children With Long Covid are Suffering in Silence; The Myth That the Virus is Harmless in Kids
Homemade Air Filters Used In Welsh Schools to Clean the Air
Sick of Your Kids Being Sick? Clean Air In Schools May Be The Answer
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