Each school has an allocated School Nurse. 

For more information, please visit the Family Nursing & Home Care website below.

 Family Nursing & Home Care - School Nurses

Medical Assessments 

All children receive height and weight checks and hearing tests from FNHC in Reception, together with a vision test by the Orthoptist. Further height and weight checks are also carried out in Y6.

Medication

We apply a strict Medication Policy following the Education Department guidelines.  This means that we are only allowed to administer medication for long-term treatments such as asthma/diabetes etc and prescribed medication such as antibiotics if they are prescribed more than 3 times per day.  A care plan will be set up for long-term conditions/treatments and is signed by parents. 

Administration of medication is only allowed after parents have completed a consent form.  It is the parents’ responsibility to ensure the school maintains up-to-date medication. All medication should be handed into the school office by parents only. Please do not put it in your child’s bag.

Illness

If your child is unwell before the school day, please keep him/her at home. For safeguarding reasons, the school requires a telephone call or an e-mail to admin@belroyal.sch.je before 9.30am when a child is off school explaining their absence on their return. In the interests of safeguarding, if no message is left, the school will contact parents/carers directly.  If no contact can be made, then the school must inform the Education Welfare Officer, who will take further measures to ensure contact. 

If your child is ill during the school day, we will call you.  Please come to the main office to collect them and sign them out. 

If your child has had diarrhoea or vomiting, they should not be brought back to school until at least 48 hours after they last vomited or had diarrhoea.  

It is possible we have staff members and children with medical conditions that make them vulnerable to infections that are rarely serious in most people.  Please make us aware if your child has chicken pox, measles, German measles (Rubella) or slapped cheek (Fifth disease or Parvovirus).

First Aiders

Many members of staff are trained in First Aid and every effort will be taken to ensure your child is treated appropriately should they become ill or hurt themselves. We keep an up-to-date medical log of all incidents. If it is felt that further treatment may be necessary, you will be contacted by school.

Any child who bangs their head will automatically have a note to take home informing parents/carers and be contacted by the school so that they can be monitored.

Sun Protection

In the summer term and first half of the Autumn term, children must bring their own sun hats for use during breaks. When UV levels are high, sun cream is also necessary. Please apply all-day sun cream to your child as staff are not able to re-apply cream during the day.