Statutory guidance

Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school

Statutory guidance about the support that pupils with medical conditions should receive at school.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 1 September 2014
• Last updated: 16 August 2017 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions

Ref: DFE-00393-2014

PDF, 310 KB, 29 pages

Supporting pupils with medical conditions: templates

MS Word Document, 120 KB

Supporting pupils with medical conditions: links to other useful resources

HTML

Details

This statutory guidance is for:

• governing bodies of local-authority-maintained schools
• proprietors of academies
• management committees of pupil referral units (these are places that provide education for children who can’t go to a mainstream school)

It’s also relevant for anyone supporting children with medical conditions.

The templates give example text that schools can use to:

• create and invite parents to contribute to a child’s individual healthcare plan
• ask for parental agreement for administering medicine
• keep a record of medicine administered to children
• keep a record of staff training in administration of medicines

Statutory guidance sets out what schools and local authorities must do to comply with the law. You should follow the guidance unless you have a very good reason not to.

Published 1 September 2014
Last updated 16 August 2017 + show all updates

1. 16 August 2017

   Extended the review date to autumn 2017.

2. 11 December 2015

   Updates to the main document include clarifying the distinction between statutory and non-statutory guidance and adding references to the SEND code of practice.

3. 1 September 2014

   First published.