Medicines in School
It would be appreciated if parents, as far as possible, dealt with the administration of medicine at home. If a child requires medication during school hours then parents are asked to deliver the medication to the school office and not the class teacher. The medicine should be brought to school by a parent or other adult. It is also necessary for you to complete a form giving permission that the medication may be administered to your child. The medicine should be in a properly labelled container. The label should contain the following information: (For further guidance please read our “Medicines in School Policy)
- the name of the prescribing person
- the name and home address of the pup
- the name of the medicine
- the dosage and time of administration
If your child has a long-term illness such as epilepsy or asthma and requires medication on an infrequent and irregular basis you should contact the school. The school is advised that it should only accept responsibility where specific guidance has been received on the nature of the emergency and the procedure necessary to cope with it.
Exclusion Procedure for Illness/ Communicable Disease
| Disease/ Illness | Minimal Exclusion Period |
| Antibiotics prescribed | First 2 days at home |
| Temperature | If sent home, child must be off for 24 hours |
| Vomiting | Nursery & Reception must be off for 48 hours from the last instance of vomiting. Years 1- 6 to be off for 24 hours. |
| Conjunctivitis | Kept at home for 2 days, thereafter until eyes stop weeping |
| Diarrhoea | See vomiting. |
| Chickenpox | 7 days from the appearance of the rash |
| Gastro-enteritis, food poisoning, salmonella and dysentery | Until authorized by the District Community Physician |
| Infective Hepatitis | 7 days from the onset of jaundice |
| Measles | 4 days from the appearance of the rash |
| Meningococcal Infection | Until recovery from the illness |
| Mumps | Until the swelling has subsided and in no case less than 7 days from the onset of the illness |
| Whooping Cough | 21 days from the onset of cough |
| Poliomyelitis | Until declared free from the infection by the District Community Physician |
| German Measles | 7 days from the appearance of the rash |
| Scarlet Fever/ Streptococcal Infection of the throat | Until the appropriate medical treatment has been given and in no case less than 3 days of the start of treatment |
| Tuberculosis | Until declared free from infection by the District Community Physician |
| Typhoid Fever | Until declared free from infection by the District Community Physician |
| Impetigo | Until the skin has healed |
| Lice | Until appropriate treatment has been given |
| Plantar Warts | No exclusion. Should be treated and covered |
| Ringworm of scalp | Until cured |
| Ringworm of body | Seldom necessary to exclude provided treatment is being given |
| Scabies | Need not be excluded, once appropriate treatment has been given |