Flu vaccination programme 2025/26

This autumn term primary-aged school children in England (from reception to year 6) and secondary school children (year 7 to year 11) will be offered a flu vaccination in schools.

This can help protect children against flu, reduce absence and reduce transmission within the community – including the likelihood of teachers catching flu from pupils.

The DfE are grateful for the support of schools in hosting vaccinations, as this makes it more accessible to pupils, resulting in higher uptake levels.

A local school-age immunisation provider will contact schools to agree a date for the vaccination session and the best approach for implementing the programme.

Further information

• Which flu vaccines should children have?
• Immunising preschool children against flu
• Flu vaccination guidance and resources for schools
• Flu vaccination for children: leaflets and posters
• High school (adolescent) vaccination programme

Five reasons to vaccinate your child against flu posters

Poster for primary schools and pre-schools is available to order using the product code FLU5RY24.

This poster is available in the following languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Estonian, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Polish, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu and Yiddish.

Poster for high schools is available to order using the product code FLU5RS24

This poster is available in the following languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dari, Estonian, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Nepali, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Yiddish and Yoruba