About St Nicholas School

• Illness
• First aid and accidents
• Medicines and regular medication
• Emergency contact details

Please do not send children to school if they are showing signs of illness. First, the school does not have the resources to provide 'care and nursing' facilities, which means that they cannot be cared for as well as at home. Second, many illnesses are infectious and other children may be affected.

Because both of these are bad for the children, if in the school's opinion a child is not well enough to be at school, the parents or guardians will be contacted and asked to collect the child.

A number of staff at school have first aid qualifications. In the event of a child having an accident, first aid will be administered. If, in our opinion, the child needs to go home or to hospital for further treatment, we will contact parents or another named contact to collect the child. If parents are not available, and the accident is considered an emergency, the school will call an ambulance, or a member of staff will take the child for treatment.

We will take emergency contact details when a child is first admitted to the school. These will be used in an emergency.

Please remember to tell the school immediately of any changes to these details as and when they occur