Medicines
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We know that from time to time, some children may need to take medication during the school day. Please talk to our school office if your child needs to take medication during the school day. You will be asked to complete a form and share more information with us.
Once agreed with our school office, medicines should always be handed in to the office in the morning and collected from the office at the end of the school day.
Some regular medications such as asthma inhalers or allergy medicine may be kept in school all of the time.
For safety reasons, medicines cannot be handed in and kept by children.
If your child has needs medication, please speak to the health care professional or pharmacist supplying the medication, as the timings for medication can often be adjusted to your child takes the medication at home (rather than in school).
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your child’s health needs, please contact our school office who will be happy to help.
Non-Prescription Medicines
Non-prescription medicines are medicines which can be bought from a pharmacy or another shop e.g., a supermarket. If needed, these medicines (including liquid, tablets and creams) can be administered in school.
If your child needs to take a non-prescription medicine in school please ensure it is provided in the original packaging, with clear directions on administrating the medication.
Please bring the medication to the school office. You will be asked to complete a form before we can administer the medicine. The form will ask you to confirm that your child has used this medicine before and did not suffer any allergic or other adverse reaction. We will keep a written record of this in line with the school policy.
Please note that;
- The recommended maximum dosage will not be exceeded if non-prescription medicines are administered in school.
- a child under 16 should never be given medicine containing aspirin unless prescribed by a health care professional.
Prescription Medicines
Prescription medicines are usually supplied following a consultation with a health care professional who has written a prescription for the child.
The medicine must have a dispensing label with clear directions for administration.
Please bring the prescription medication to the school office. You will be asked to complete a form before we can administer the medicine. Where possible the child should have used the medicines before it is administered by school to ensure they do not suffer any allergic or other adverse reaction.
The form will ask you to confirm that your child has used this medicine before and did not suffer any allergic or other adverse reaction. We will keep a written record of this in line with the school policy.
We know that some medicines, e.g. insulin, have a label on the box rather than the individual item within the box. In this instance, the individual item will be clearly labelled with the pupil’s name and class and the directions for use documented in the child’s healthcare plan.