If a child becomes ill in the school day or has an accident, every effort will be made to contact the parents to arrange for the child to go home. It is essential that contact numbers, which can change, are kept up to date in the school office. The Headteacher/Deputy Headteacher acts in ‘loco parentis’ and is able to authorise medical treatment in the absence of a parent/carer.

Parents should inform the school of any medical information when their child is admitted to school. Each year this information will be updated. Parents will receive a new contact in September.

When pupils are taking medicines as part of a course of treatment, the medicine should be brought to school and handed in to the school office, where a medical form will need to be completed and signed by a Parent or Carer. The medicine must be labelled with the pupil’s name and dosage instructions. Children with asthma keep their own inhalers with them at all times and these need to be clearly marked with their name. They also need to be changed regularly as they go out of date.

Please make regular checks in your child’s hair for head lice.  Children must be treated with the necessary lotion, available from pharmacies, before they can return to school. It would be helpful if parents informed us of any incidence of infestation, we will always handle the information in a sensitive and discreet manner.

Sun protection
During the summer months, please ensure your child is adequately protected against the sun by applying sun lotion before the start of the day and ensuring your child brings a named hat to school.

Serious accident or illness
If the Headteacher feels that hospital treatment may be necessary then the procedure is as follows:

Every effort will be made to contact parents
An ambulance will be summoned to school.
No member of staff will be allowed to take a child to hospital by car

Personal Accident Benefit
South Gloucestershire Council is not responsible for and does not provide personal accident benefit for pupils. Parents who require this, for trips or residential trips for example, should make their own arrangements with an insurance broker. The NCPTA runs a scheme, although this should not be seen as endorsement by the school.

Child Protection
In view of the day to day contact schools have with children, all staff have an important role to play in recognizing suspected cases of child abuse. They are therefore obliged to report any suspicious disclosures to the Headteacher/Deputy Headteacher, who in turn will inform parents/carers and alert the social Services Department.

Any member of staff who does not follow this procedure will have been deemed to have acted improperly should they not have taken appropriate action.

Parents may seek advice and guidance from the Education Welfare Service, or may contact t Social Services directly. The school’s Child Protection Policy is available from the school on request.