Medication at School

Should your child need special medication to be kept permanently in school i.e. inhalers or Epi Pens (Emergency adrenaline auto injectors  – AAIs) we require an Individual Care Plan issued by the prescribing person e.g. doctor, hospital, school etc. We will also ask for your consent to use the school's emergency inhaler or AAI if needed.

We can only administer prescribed medicines in school. If your child has medicine prescribed, e.g.antibiotics, please complete a form at the school office, we can administer 1 dose during the school day.

Illness or Injury at School

If your child sustains a minor injury at school, such as a bumped head or a grazed knee, we will apply an ice pack / offer a plaster. The first aid information will be recorded on Arbor, in the case of a head bump or facial injury you will also receive a dojo.

If your child falls ill at school or we feel the injury may need assessing we will telephone to advise you of the situation and ask you how you would like to proceed. We may ask you to come in an assess your child and decide whether you think your child is able to stay at school or whether you feel they should go home.

Head Lice

If your child has head lice please treat your child and alert the school so that we can inform the parents of your child's class. Your child may still attend school, there is no need to keep them off.

This link to the NHS website can provide guidance on how to identify and treat head lice.

Sickness and Diarrhoea

If your child vomits or has diarrhoea in school we will telephone you and ask you to collect your child immediately. Children who vomit or have diarrhoea in school must not return to school until 48hrs has passed since the last incidence of vomiting or diarrhoea.

If your child vomits or has diarrhoea at home please call the school office and keep your child at home. Children who vomit or have diarrhoea out of school must not return to school until 48hrs has passed since the last incidence of vomiting or diarrhoea.

Scarlett Fever

The first signs of scarlet fever can be flu-like symptoms, including a high temperature of 38C or above, a sore throat and swollen neck glands (a large lump on the side of your neck).

A rash appears a few days later.

Book an appointment to see a GP, whereupon confirmation of Scarlet Fever antibiotics will be prescribed.

Children with scarlet fever should stay off nursery or school for 24 hours after starting antibiotics or, if not on antibiotics, until their fever is gone.