Student Health

​St Stephen's takes your child's health seriously and responsibly. The school keeps a health profile on all students enrolled at the school and has its own policies and procedures for protecting your child's health while attending school. Details are listed below:

Focus areas:

  • Student health profile
  • ​Medication at School
  • Accidents and Illness
  • Recommended Exclusion Periods for Infections Conditions


Student Health Profile

Information regarding your child’s health, which is provided at the time of enrolment, should be kept up-to-date. Please advise the office of any changes.


Accidents and illness

Should your child suffer from an accident or a sudden illness at school, office staff members will attempt to contact you by telephone. Parents must advise the school of any changes to contact telephone numbers/contact information so that the school’s records are up-to-date and contact can be made in an emergency. Changes to contact information is to be made via the BCE Connect app.

The school will call an ambulance for medical emergencies.


Medication at school

The school will not administer medication to children, unless: 

  • The Form A - Request to Administer Medication form is completed by a parent/legal guardian.
  • Medical authorisation is provided via the pharmacy label which will include the name of your child's registered health practitioner, who prescribed the medication for use. The pharmacy label should also detail when and how the medication is to be administered.
  • If your child has been prescribed medication that is to be administered on an 'as needed' basis, additional written instruction from your child's registered health practitioner (Form B - Medication Administration Instructions) will be required to ensure safe medication administration.

Additional information may also be required. Please contact the office for further information about student medications.


​Reducing the Spread of Infections

Infections with or without illness, are common in children. When children attend school they are exposed to a large number of children, increasing the opportunity for the spread of infectious diseases. It is not possible to prevent the spread of all infections and illnesses within schools, however a lot of illnesses from infectious disease can be prevented.

Please refer to the Recommended Exclusion Periods​ for Infectious Conditions produced by Queensland Health​​