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<p>The training of school staff to support pupils with medical conditions is a matter
for schools. However, the Department for Education fully expects them to be aware
of and understand the needs of pupils with medical conditions such as diabetes, and
to put arrangements in place to provide effective support. This should include ensuring
that school staff receive suitable training.</p><p>From September 2014, there will
be a new duty, (introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014), on governing bodies
of maintained schools (and proprietors of academies) to make arrangements to support
pupils at school with medical conditions and to have regard to statutory guidance.
The guidance (upon which we have consulted publicly) will set out the requirements
on schools to support children with medical conditions, which we would expect them
to apply to conditions like diabetes. The guidance will set out expectations in respect
of staff training.</p>
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