Medical

Is My Child Too ill For School 

Please find guidance from the NHS and Public Health Agency regarding childhood illnesses and infections. 

Is My Child Too Ill for School? - NHS Guidance

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• NHS Guidance in School download_for_offline
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Absence

If your child is away from school for any reason, please telephone the school as soon as possible. The school office is open from 8.00am – 4.00pm Mon-Thurs. 8:00am – 3:30pm on Friday. 

Messages can be left on the answerphone out of these hours.

First Aid in School

We have a number of staff qualified to undertake first aid. Where your child has been treated by a first aider, he or she will bring home a note giving details of the incident and the treatment to ensure you are informed should further treatment become necessary. If your child has a head injury, you will also be contacted via telephone. 

Where a child requires emergency treatment this will be sought by the staff ‘in loco parentis’ and the parents will be contacted.

Medicines in School

In order that your child receives the correct treatment we ask that medicines that need administering during the school day be kept to a minimum. 

Special arrangements are made for children with asthma.  Prescribed medicines only can be administered by the school office the relevant form must be completed and signed at the office.

You are most welcome to come into school and administer yourself, but the school does need to be fully aware of the arrangements made.

Management of Headlice

Headlice are extremely common in close-knit environments such as schools. Please click HERE to access information on the management of head lice.