Medical Advice

If your child is away from school for any reason, please telephone the school as soon as possible. Any absence not explained is recorded as ‘unauthorised’.

Registers are completed as soon as the children come into school and any child not present when the register is returned to the school office will be marked absent.

If children arrive late they need to go to the school office to let the office staff know they have arrived. Their absent mark will then be changed to a late mark.

Further Information 

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

NHS - Is my child too ill for school?

• Guidance-on-infection-control-in-schools-and-other-childcare-settings download_for_offline
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• NHS Guidance in School download_for_offline
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• Public Health Agency School Guidance Poster download_for_offline
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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 for any cut, graze, bump or bruise, you will receive an email from the school office.

Where children have bumped their head and there is a visible mark or swelling, parents may be telephoned and/or sent a text message with advice given on follow-up treatment.

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

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

Special arrangements are made for children with asthma. Only prescribed medicines, with the child's name and address label on the medicine box can be administered by our first aiders. You will be required to complete and sign the relevant form at the school office. Please note we will only administer medicines that state four times daily

Management of Headlice

Head lice are extremely common in close-knit environments such as schools. Please see below to access information on the management of head lice.

NHS Guidance - Head Lice

Further information:

HCAT Medical Needs Policy