Nursery World - New guidance for schools to protect children from air pollution

New health advice has been launched to help schools tackle air pollution.

The guidance from the National Education Union and the British Lung Foundation warns school staff and pupils about the dangers of air pollution.

According to the two organisations, every year an estimated 40,000 early deaths in the UK can be linked to breathing polluted air, with more than 2,000 schools and nurseries across the country located close to roads with illegal levels of pollution.

It follows research that found more than 1,000 nurseries across England are in close proximity to roads where the level of air pollution exceeds the legal limit.

Nursery World reported in August that one early years setting in an area of high pollution in North London, Hopes and Dreams Nursery School, had installed air purification units in its building to clean up the air children breathe in.

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