Key Moments – Vaccination Training at St Peter’s

Vaccination Training

at St Peter’s School

St Peter’s School was transformed in February 2021 when it temporarily became a Covid Vaccination Training Centre for St John Ambulance as part of the NHS Covid Vaccination Programme.

St John Ambulance were asked by NHS England to set up Covid Vaccination Training Centres across the UK to support the national NHS Covid Vaccination Programme.

With the country in lockdown and pupils learning remotely, St Peter’s was in the perfect position to offer weekend vaccination training sessions for St John Ambulance First Aiders. The training sessions were held at St Peter’s School on Saturdays and Sundays for one month from 6 February. We provided four ventilated training rooms, including the Shepherd Hall and Queen Anne’s Dining Room. In just four weeks, St John Ambulance trained an incredible 450 First Aiders at St Peter’s to be able to administer vaccinations.

In recognition of the school’s outstanding contribution in support of Covid Vaccinator Volunteer Training, representatives from St John Ambulance returned to St Peter’s in May to present a special plaque.

Jeremy Walker, Head Master, said: “I am so glad we were able to support St John Ambulance in their vital work and huge thanks to all of the amazing volunteers. It was wonderful to meet so many inspiring volunteers and play a small part in helping the rapid rollout of the vaccination programme.”

Peter Ashton, Vaccination Site Lead for York, said: “We are immensely grateful to St Peter’s School for generously offering their facilities for the Covid Vaccination Training Programme. The 450 people who were trained at St Peter’s have now been deployed to administer vaccines in York and more widely across Yorkshire and Teesside.”

4WEEKS 450

FIRST AIDERS TRAINED