Prescribed Medication
Prescribed medication needs to be accompanied by a Consent to Administer Medication form. The completed form together with the medication needs to be handed in to a member of our office staff. We are only able to give children medicine if it has been prescribed to be taken four times a day. If the appropriate form has not been completed, we cannot administer the medicine. It is your responsibility to collect the medicine from the school office.
Under no circumstances, should you give medication to teaching staff or put it in your child’s bag.
When we administer medicine to your child, we will endeavour to advise you by email/text advising of date, time and dosage.
Please note that whilst we will make every effort to administer medicine at the times requested but we cannot guarantee this.
Non-Prescribed Medication
The school is only able to give children non prescribed medication if it has been recommended by your child’s GP (Bromley GP’s will no longer prescribe OTC medication) and needs to be administered four times a day A Consent to Administer Medication form should be completed as above. The decision to administer medicine is at the school’s discretion and is for short-term, self-limiting conditions. The school does not keep a supply of paracetamol or anti-histamine for the children.
If you feel your child needs this type of medication more frequently during the school day, you are welcome to administer this yourself during the school day with prior arrangement with the school office.
Items which must not be brought into school are homeopathic remedies, cough sweets, eye drops, lip salve, Vaseline, moisturisers etc. They should also not be brought into school for children to use after swimming lessons. These will be confiscated if they are brought into school and you will need to collect them at the end of the school day.
Consent to Administer Medication
Crutches
Children are not to use crutches in school unless they have been issued by a hospital/medical professional; if your child is issued with crutches a Care Plan needs to be put in place to ensure your child’s and other children’s safety in school.
Epipens
We require two Epipens to be kept in school; one for the classroom and the other for the school office.
Asthma Inhalers
We require two inhalers and spacers to be kept in school; one for the classroom and the other for the school office.
Antibiotics
The school will only administer antibiotics that have been prescribed to be taken four times a day. It is your responsibility to collect the medicine from the school office.
Illness
Please do not send children to school if they are very unwell; we have children within our school community who are particularly susceptible to infections.
There are also time restrictions for certain illnesses which must be adhered to. The recommended period to stay away from school is:
|
48 hours from last episode |
|
|
Until recovered |
|
|
Children under 18 should remain off school for a period of three days. This starts the day after a positive test was taken. |
|
|
5 days from onset of rash or until all spots have scabbed over. Given the recent rise in Strep A and scarlet fever cases, it is especially important for children tor remain off school until all spots have scabbed over. |
|
|
1 day of antibiotic treatment |
|
|
Until lesions are crusted or healed (antibiotic treatment available) |
|
|
Until treatment started. Available from the pharmacy but ringworm of the scalp needs to be treated by GP. |
|
|
None. Please ‘bug bust’ regularly. |
|
|
5 days from onset of swollen glands |
|
|
None |
|
|
None (although your child may not feel well enough to attend) |
Further guidance is available via the NHS website.