NYCC Supporting CYP with Medical Conditions In Schools

This guidance aims to support:

• Head teachers and Governing bodies of maintained schools

• proprietors of academies, including alternative provision academies (not including 16 – 19 academies)

• management committees of pupil referral units (PRUs) For ease of reading, this document will refer to these collectively as ‘governing bodies’, ‘Headteachers’ and ‘schools’. This document may also provide useful information for other agencies such as:

• Early year’s settings

• Short break providers

• Outdoor education centres

• Health service providers

• Clinical commissioning groups

• Parents and carers

• Voluntary organisations NB: It is important to consider other frameworks and legislation that may impact on individual schools e.g. residential schools, early year’s settings. North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) encourages schools to adopt this Local Authority (LA) guidance and the practice herein.