First Aid for Playground Staff Level 2 (VTQ)

This course is a practical, straightforward introduction to first aid for staff supervising children during break times, lunchtimes, clubs, and playground activities. It is ideal for people who may be first on scene and need to take immediate action while a designated first aider is contacted or arrives. The emphasis is on confident decision-making, rapid assessment, and the core life-saving steps most relevant in school and playground environments.

You will learn basic life support skills and paediatric-focused approaches, including child and infant CPR, safe use of a defibrillator, and choking management. The course also addresses the common worries people have about providing first aid, how to ask permission to help when appropriate, and how to keep yourself and others safe while responding to an incident.

Delivery: Held at our premises in Whittlesey.

For full day booking for your Team please contact us at using the contact form below (minimum 6 People per booking)

    • Teachers

    • Teaching assistants and lunchtime supervisors

    • After-school club leaders and activity staff

    • Parents and carers supporting children’s activities

    • Introduction to first aid and building confidence to act

    • Asking permission to help and appropriate communication

    • Scene safety and safe approaches to an incident

    • Chain of survival and the ABCD approach

    • Initial assessment and the “stop, think, act” method

    • Differences in child size and how that affects first aid responses

    • Using barriers and face shields appropriately

    • Recognising cardiac arrest

    • Child and infant CPR (including compression-only CPR and handover during CPR)

    • Defibrillator awareness and practical AED use

    • Choking management for children and infants (conscious and unconscious scenarios)

    • A full-day, classroom-based course with practical skills practice and scenario learning

    • A focus on the most likely incidents in school and playground settings

    • Certificate validity is typically 3 years, with renewal achieved by completing the course again

    • Clear, simple techniques that support immediate care until a qualified first aider or emergency services take over