School Nursing Team
The Local Authority provide a named school nurse in each school in Coventry, to help children and young people (from school entry to 19 years old) take responsibility for their own health and to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
School nursing also assess the health needs of the school community, planning and implementing programmes that promote and protect public health. We work in partnership with other agencies to address wider threats to, and inequalities, in health.
Coventry School Nursing Service supports the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 years old (DH 2009) This includes for example the delivery of the National Child Measurement Programme, Reception and Year 6 Health Assessments and Hearing Screening.
Parents/Carers can self-refer to the school nursing team through the parent line number below or through the schools learning mentor Miss Murray.
Parent text line: 07507329114
1 in 12 children live with a bowel or bladder condition. You will find a couple of website links below that you may find useful.
www.eric.org.uk Eric helpline: 0845 370 8008
Recommended Website
www.healthforkids.co.uk is a useful website with kids and adult sections. It has information, games and videos to be read, played and watched.