Sun protection school policy guidelines

Display your school sun protection policy in a place where parents can see it During term time, children are in school during the peak UV hours five days a week. Having a SunSmart school policy can make a big difference to the amount of skin damage children experience.

Where do I start?
Download the guidelines

Let us know you are a SunSmart school!

School policies are most effective when they are created with the help of the whole school community. To help you develop a policy yourself Cancer Research UK has produced SunSmart guidelines for nursery, primary and secondary schools.

School guidelines include:

an explanation of why sun protection is important and how a policy can help
ideas on how to devise your own sun protection policy
guidance on monitoring and evaluating your policy
suggestions for points you may want to cover in your policy
an example school policy
an example letter home to parents.

You can download the SunSmart school policy guidelines as PDF files below:

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