Schools and Colleges
We believe children of all ages should know how to save a life.
Cookson First Aid has now trained over 16,000 students in life saving skills for FREE, and we want to work with your school.
We provide in person, practical training for students, with an assembly style lesson for Reception to Year 4 and hands on CPR and defibrillator training for Year 5 – Year 13. All of our student training is taught in line with the national curriculum and OFSTED requirements, providing enrichment for students, and a skill they can have for life.
For 16 – 18 year old students we can provide match funding (valued at £80 per student) on accredited training to support applications for further education or work opportunities. Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work (RQF) courses are recognised by UCAS. Students can claim 8 tariff points for successfully completing this 7 hour training course.
To support teachers and school staff, we can provide a range of accredited courses on Emergency First Aid at Work, Paediatric First Aid, Safeguarding, and Mental Health training. Further to this we can offer blended, online and practical training options to provide flexibility around teaching time.
All of the income generated from our accredited training is directly invested into our free first aid training programme, which will enable us to train even more young people for free.
Our full list of training options
Free training for Students
Training for Parents, Governors or Volunteers
- Basic Life Saving (BLS) emergency first aid course (one hour)
- Child & Baby Basic Life Saving (BLS) emergency first aid course (90 minutes)
- Mental health awareness training (two hours)
- Stop the Bleed Training (one hour)
For Teachers and Staff
- QNUK Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (RQF)
- QNUK Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid (RQF)
- QNUK Level 3 Award in First aid (Annual Refresher) (RQF)
- QNUK Level 3 Award in First aid at Work (RQF)
- QNUK Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (RQF)
- QNUK Level 3 Award in Responding to Anaphylactic Reactions (RQF)
- QNUK Level 2 Award in the Safe Administration of Medications in Education Settings (RQF)
- Basic Life Saving (BLS) emergency first aid course (one hour)
- Mental Health Awareness (two hours)
- Stop the Bleed Training (one hour)
Blended learning options
- Emergency First Aid at Work (RQF) – two hours online and four hours in person training
- First Aid at Work (RQF) – six hours online and 12 hours or 2 days in person training
- Paediatric First Aid (RQF) – six hours online and 6 hours or 1 day in-person training
Call us on 0330 043 5334 or email hello@cooksonfirstaid.org to discuss your training needs.
Our work with schools
‘Cookson First Aid conducted two days of basic life saving with our KS2 children. The sessions were absolutely incredible and the children were so enthused and have continued to talk about the sessions in great detail in subsequent days. I could not have been more impressed by the knowledge, patience, clarity and kindness of those who came in to lead the sessions – they were pitched so perfectly as an introduction.
We very much look forward to welcoming Cookson First Aid in again! With thanks from all at Medlock Primary’.