Procedures When A Child Takes Ill

If a child takes ill in school, or has an accident during school hours, a member of our office team will make every effort to contact a parent in the first instance.

If a parent is not available the school will make contact with the child’s emergency contact for the necessary arrangements to be made. It is essential, therefore, for the school to have an emergency contact that can be reached by telephone should any child have to be taken home unexpectedly.

Under no circumstances will a child be sent home/allowed to leave the school unaccompanied.

First Aid

As facilities for the care of sick children in school are limited to basic first aid only, it is essential that an  EMERGENCY CONTACT, who can be reached by telephone, is given to the school.  It is particularly helpful if two contacts can be named in case the first adult is not available.