Medicines and First Aid
Medication
All medicines must be stored in the main office and signed in by parents/carers. Children cannot store any medication in their bags during the school day.
The school Medical Officer is Nicki Musonda and the office team manage medication during the school day. All medication must be in the original box with the prescription note attached. Non-prescription medications, including cough sweets, are not to be brought into school.
Parents are required to sign all medication into school and are responsibly for checking expiry dates and replacing medication when out of date. The school will alert parents when medication is nearing its expiry date.
Some children require a medical plan and this is produced with Nicki Musonda and distributed to staff working with the child. In some cases, an emergency care plan is in place to ensure best practice.
If your child has an inhaler, please complete and sign an Inhaler Request form and give to a member of staff in its original container as dispensed by a Pharmacist, with the label on. Please also bring in their Asthma Treatment Plan so that we can keep a copy at school. This inhaler, along with a spacer, can be left at school for your child to use.
Please use the request form attached below for all other prescribed medication.
First Aid
The school uses Medical Tracker to record first aid incidents and all staff are responsible for recording incidents in which a child is hurt. This includes all head injuries, any blood, any mark or bruising and any situation where there may be injury to an bone. We understand that children do have accidents and encourage resilience when the injury is minor.
Parents will be contacted whenever there is a head injury by email and the child will be issued with a green wrist band to ensure that they are monitored during the remainder of the school day. In some cases, Nicki Musonda will contact parents directly to make a decision whether they need to come into school to support their child.
The school has duty of care and, if necessary, will call an ambulance in the first instance if an injury requires this. Parents will then be contacted immediately after this.
