School Nursing Service

We are commissioned by the London Borough of Hackney and the City of London to provide school-based health services to children and young people attending state-maintained schools from reception to leaving school in the area. We offer the following:

  • Health assessments
  • Supporting children with disabilities or additional health needs whether in a special or a mainstream school environment
  • Safeguarding children

Confidentiality
No information in your child’s school health record will be disclosed without your permission. Where necessary, consent will be sought from parents and carers before any referrals are made.

SBHS school referral form

Health assessments

  • for children entering reception (the School Health Entry Check)
    • Height, weight, hearing, vision.
  • for children in year 6 (the National Child Measurement Programme Service)
    • Height, weight.

Further information for parents/carers of children taking part in NCMP

How your child’s data is collected and processed as part of the National Child Measurement Programme
Local authorities have a legal duty to collect the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) data. They do this by following guidance from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), part of the Department of Health and Social Care. 

Local authorities are responsible for making decisions on how the data is collected and making sure it is protected. Local NCMP service providers are contracted to do the measurements. This might be through the school nursing team or a local healthcare provider. The team collecting the data enter it into the NCMP IT system, which is provided by NHS England. The data may also be entered into a local child health information system. 

Your local authority is responsible for sending the data to NHS England. NHS England and OHID are jointly responsible for the data held at a national level. Your local authority is responsible for the data held locally.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust specific data and information sharing information:

Privacy Notice 

About NCMP 

Talking to your child about weight 

Oral Health

There is an association between a child's BMI and the prevalence and severity of caries 

Healthier Families - Home - NHS supports families with children aged 3 to 11 to eat well, move more and keep teeth and gums healthy

Supporting children with disabilities or additional health needs

whether in a special or a mainstream school environment:

  • dedicated provision for maintained, special schools to meet the on-going school health needs of their pupils.
  • support for maintained schools to meet the school health needs of children with disabilities and additional needs. Such as training and advice for school staff on how to support children with complex health needs.
  • development of Individual Healthcare Plans for all children with medical needs, attending maintained educational settings aged 5-19 years.
  • training to school staff and early year’s settings, on how to help support children who experience conditions such as asthma, epilepsy, anaphylaxis and diabetes, increasing their understanding of and confidence in assisting with these conditions
  • delivery of a preventative health offer that maximises the physical and mental health of school-age children, attending maintained schools, such as health talks on issues such as
    • puberty (growing up)
    • maintaining good hygiene
    • exercise and healthy eating
    • having healthy relationships with friends
  • drop-in service for young people in secondary school

Safeguarding children

We also provide a prioritised, safeguarding school health offer to Children in Need, children on Child Protection Plans, and any children identified as ‘vulnerable’ who are of school age and living in City and Hackney. We work with other professions to ensure that children are kept safe.

Immunisation for school-age children

Vaccination UK dedicated Immunisations Team deliver the school immunisations programme.  They can be contacted by
Phone: 0333 800 5100
Email:  admin@vaccinationuk.co.uk

How to contact us

Please don’t hesitate to contact us, or speak to your named school nurse if you have any questions or concerns about health provision for your child, please do let your named school nurse know as soon as possible so that we can work with you to resolve any issues.

For questions about individual children you can:
contact your school nurse through your child’s school
call our office on 020 7683 4991 or
email us  huh-tr.schoolnursescentralcontact@nhs.net
Ours is a secure email address and is checked Monday to Friday between 9 am and 5 pm.

Third floor
6 Orsman Road
London

Communication
It is important to us that we maintain effective communication and we are available to answer questions by phone and email.