The Office staff are all First Aid trained and will deal with all accidents and emergencies as appropriate. We DO NOT have a nurse on site so we cannot deal with general medical enquiries. It is very important that all contact details are kept up to date as in emergencies we will need to contact you. If a student is felt to be too ill to remain at school or we feel that they may be suffering with something that is contagious permission will be sought from their Head of Year to have them collected or sent home.

Parents are requested to complete a medical form giving details of any medical condition that applies to their child, as well as information on any medication being taken.

Students should take medication prescribed by a doctor at home if at all possible. If students are required to take medication at school, parents must inform the College, in writing, about what medicine, how it should be stored, and when it should be taken along with the dosage. It is particularly important to inform the College if your child carries medication with them for conditions such as asthma, diabetes, anaphylactic shock etc.

There are five First Aid trained personnel based in the General Office. The First Aid role within the College is to deal with injuries and sickness which occur whilst the student is at College. Illness occurring outside of College hours must be referred to your own GP/Health Centre.

In case of illness during the college day, students should

• Ask to be excused from the lesson
• Be taken by another student to the General Office/Medical Room.

If a students needs to be sent home, the office will contact you, so please keep us up to date with your emergency contact telephone numbers.

Should your child be absent due to illness, please phone by 9.30am each day to confirm.

The College have been assigned two qualified nurses Ruth Griffin and Louise Green. Should you wish to contact them, you can do so through the General Office who will arrange for them to contact you the next time they are here.

There are several lockers which are available for students to rent on a termly or yearly basis. There is a deposit payable of £10 which is refundable on completion of rental providing the conditions of rental are adhered to and the original key is returned. The termly fee is £3 so the total for the first year is £19 (£10 deposit and 3 x£3.00) and £9.00 for each year after that.

Students who choose to stay at College for lunch may bring their own food or choose from a variety of hot and cold meals and snacks on sale in the dining hall. Choices include salads, vegetarian dishes and other healthy options. All meals must be eaten in the dining hall – snacks however can be eaten in the Quad along with packed lunches.

At breaktime students can purchase various snacks, baguettes etc from the dining hall. To encourage healthy eating, salads and baguettes etc are of larger portions and cheaper than those of burgers, crisps and pizza portions. These are to be eaten in the Large Hall.

Students are able to purchase these on the following days.

Monday:	Years 10 and 11 only
Tuesday:	Years 7,8 and 9 only
Wednesday:	Years 10 and 11 only
Thursday:	Years 7,8 and 9 only
Friday:	Years 10 and 11 only

If your child is going to be absent from school for any length of time please contact the school to advise. There is an answer phone on during out of school hours on which you can leave a message.

If your child leaves their dinner money at home we will arrange for them to get lunch on the basis that the amount spent is paid back the following day.

Children whose parents are in receipt of the following benefits are eligible to receive free school lunches:

• Income Support (IS)
• Income Based Jobseekers Allowance (IBJSA)
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

From 6 April 2006 also:

• The parents of children who are in receipt of Child Tax Credit, but who are NOT entitled to a Working Tax Credit, and whose annual income (as assessed by the Inland Revenue) does not exceed £14,155.

A Tax Credit Award Notice, form TC602, will be issued by the Inland Revenue to those families claiming this credit. Parents should present this form to the College.

Registering eligibility for a free school meal also helps the College to obtain additional money which we spend on the curriculum for the students.

If you think you may be entitled then do please come in and ask at the General Office
– all enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence

Revised from April 2006

If your child is entitled to a bus pass these will be sent out from Cambridgeshire Transport. If they mislay or lose them we can supply up to three temporary ones over a year. If the bus pass has been permanently lost they will need to apply for a new one at the cost of £7.50.

If you are not sure whether your child is entitled to free transport please telephone:

• 03450 455 20811

Every day and every week we have countless amounts of loss property. Coats, jewellery, PE Kits, Football boots, boot bags etc. etc. Often or not these items are not named and are never collected. We keep these items as long as possible and would ask the students to please ensure that they attend our lost property displays, which are held on a termly basis.
PLEASE NAME ALL ITEMS.