Medical Centre Information

Parents and guardians will be contacted if their child requires liquid paracetamol, ibuprofen or antihistamine during the school day, if they haven’t already provided consent.

Sickness

If your child is unwell, e.g. has a raised temperature, has episodes of diarrhoea or vomiting, please ensure that you wait 48 hours after the symptoms have stopped before they return to school.

General health information

Please keep us updated, via your child’s Form Tutor, of any changes to your child’s wellbeing such as hospital admissions, illnesses or new medication. We also ask that you inform us of any significant events such as divorce or bereavement which may affect your child emotionally. We are always happy to talk about any existing medical conditions that your child might have and how this could influence our care of your child in school, e.g. food allergies/diabetes/asthma/ any severe reactions your child has had which requires use of an AAI (Adrenaline Auto Injector). Any relevant information will be shared with the appropriate staff members if it is essential to your child’s wellbeing. If they develop any contagious disease such as chicken pox, measles, etc. then please inform the Health Centre as soon as possible.

Prescribed and over the counter medications from home

Students are not permitted to carry any medication (either prescribed or over the counter) on their person on the school site other than an emergency inhaler/AAI as agreed with the School Nurses. If your child requires any prescription medicine to be taken at school then please complete the form on the Parent Portal (Request for School to Dispense Prescription Medicines). They will need to bring the completed form to the Medical Centre along with the medication to be dispensed immediately upon arrival at school. It is your child’s responsibility to attend the Health Centre to be given their medication.