{"id":3361,"date":"2025-12-09T14:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthforkids.co.uk\/leicestershire\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:52:09","slug":"introducing-the-school-nursing-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthforkids.co.uk\/leicestershire\/introducing-the-school-nursing-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the school nursing team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The school nurses are responsible for looking after the health of your children whilst they are in school, from 5-19 years of age in Leicester City and 5-11 in Leicestershire and Rutland.<\/p>\n<p>When your child is in reception year, your child will be offered a growth measurement as part of the National Child Measurement Programme.<\/p>\n<p>Your child also be offered a nasal flu vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>These are some of the things the school nurse can support you and your child with:<\/p>\n<p> \tBehaviour<br \/>\n \tContinence<br \/>\n \tPhysical Health<br \/>\n \tEmotional Health<br \/>\n \tParenting Advice<br \/>\n \tHealthy Lifestyles<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at our videos for a summary of what to expect from the school nursing team in your area.<br \/>\nLeicester City<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing your school nursing service- Primary school- Leicester City\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/911564908?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nLeicestershire &amp; Rutland<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing your school nursing service- Primary school- Leicestershire and Rutland\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/911560530?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIntroducing your school nurse (for primary school children)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing your school nurse (Animation for primary schools)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1106117795?h=9f1c533476&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can contact the school nurses in a number of different ways. These include our confidential text messaging service, ChatHealth.<\/p>\n<p>Or you can also speak to a health professional through the Healthy Together Helpline, by calling 0300 300 3001.<\/p>\n<p>You can also leave feedback about your experience with the school nursing service by clicking here. This will help the team to understand your overall experience. All of your answers are anonymous.<\/p>\n<p>The Health for Teens website has a range of content for older children, including growing up, relationships and feelings.<\/p>\n<p>The Health for Kids website has resources to support your child through school, with information on health, feelings and illness and has many interactive games for your child to interact with their health.<\/p>\n<p>For some parents and children, starting primary school can be an emotional and worrying time; here are some extra resources that you might want to take a look at to prepare your child for starting:<\/p>\n<p> \tHealth for Kids- Starting primary school<br \/>\n \tLeicestershire County Council- School readiness leaflet<br \/>\n \tCbeebies Grownups- Ready for school<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The school nurses are responsible for looking after the health of your children whilst they are in school, from 5-19 years of age in Leicester City and 5-11 in Leicestershire and Rutland. 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