Our policy for managing medication meets the requirements under Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014, which places a duty on governing boards to make arrangements for supporting pupils at their school with medical conditions.

It is also based on the Department for Education’s statutory guidance: Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions. 

Except for emergency cases we can only administer prescribed medication.  

• We will need parents’ written consent to do this.

We can only only accept prescribed medicines that are:

• In-date
• Labelled
• Provided in the original container, as dispensed by the pharmacist, and include instructions for administration, dosage and storage

All medicines will be stored safely. Pupils will be informed about where their medicines are at all times and be able to access them immediately. 

Only exception to prescribed medication would be for children attending residential trips and needing routine medication such as paracetamol or travel sickness tablets.  Head teacher or EVC (educational visits co-ordinator) would have to approve this.

• We are here to support prescribed medication.
• We will ask you if the medication requires a dosage in the school day?  If not, we recommend it is taken at home.
• If it is required in the school day, we are happy to help.