School Aged Immunisation Service

Overview

Service description

The School Aged Immunisation Service supports and delivers the School Aged Immunisation Programme across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The service provides immunisations for children and young people who are in school or home educated. Vaccinations are provided either in schools or through community clinics and in some cases, through home visits.

The service is provided and supported by a team of skilled and experienced staff. Our immunisation nurses have experience in all aspects of immunisation and vaccination. Consent for vaccination is sought and the team will assess individual children and young people and where highlighted, will offer advice and support.

The service offers the following immunisation programmes:

  • Seasonal flu vaccination to protect healthy children against flu (in school years Reception – year 11)
  • Seasonal flu vaccination to protect children in special schools against flu
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to protect young people against various forms of cancer (offered from year 8)
  • 3-in-1 teenage booster and Meningitis ACWY vaccinations to protect young people against tetanus, diphtheria and polio and meningitis strains A, C, W and Y (offered from year 9)
  • Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination for under immunised young people (offered from year 8 and by invitation only)

Our service is delivered from:

  • All schools in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
  • Community clinics
  • Home visits only for children with an assessed health need.

The service engages with more over 480 schools, academies and educational settings in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to ensure the offer is made to all eligible children on roll. The service will revisit schools and will offer additional opportunities throughout the academic year for secondary school aged vaccinations.

Referral criteria

Consent for vaccination is sought prior to the vaccination sessions and the team will assess individual children and young people and where highlighted, will offer advice and support.

All children and young people from reception to year 11 are offered the flu vaccination programme annually. Flu viruses change every year, so flu vaccines are updated to protect against the latest strains.

All young people are offered the 3-in-1 teenage booster, meningitis ACWY and the HPV, whilst in secondary school. They only need to have one dose of each of these vaccinations and our service will continue to offer this to them till they complete year 11.

Upcoming immunisation sessions

The service communicates all planned dates with schools prior to the school year where possible and asks that schools share this information with parents/carers and children and young people.

View the full school immunisation schedule for 2024/25

September 2024 to March 2025: Flu

The service will begin offering the nasal and injectable flu vaccine in schools in September 2024. You can now complete a consent form on our consent system.

More information about the vaccine is available in the below letters that will also be sent to parents and carers by schools:

You can also listen to our Clinical Lead talk about the vaccinations:

This information is also available in the following languages:

January to March 2025: 3-in-1 teenage booster and meningitis ACWY

The service is delivering 3-in-1 teenage booster and meningitis ACWY vaccinations from January 2025.

More information about the vaccine is available in the below letters that will also be sent to parents and carers by schools:

April to May 2025: HPV

The service is delivering the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations from April 2025.

More information about the vaccine is available in the below letters that will also be sent to parents and carers by schools:

Summer catch up clinics

Young people in secondary schools across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) who have missed any of their in-school vaccinations can get their jabs at catch-up clinics during August.

The catch-up clinics, which are being run by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust’s school aged immunisation service (SAIS), will being offering the:

  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, which helps to protect young people against some forms of cancer, including cervical, vulval, vaginal, penile, anal and some mouth and throat cancers (available to young people in year 8 and above);
  • 3-in-1 teenage booster and Meningitis ACWY vaccinations, which protect young people against tetanus, diphtheria and polio and meningitis strains A, C, W and Y (available to young people in year 9 and above); and
  • the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination (offered to young people in year 8 and above).

Clinics are being held on the following dates:

  • Thursday 14 August 2025 at St Luke’s Hospital, outpatients, Leicester Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 7BN
  • Friday 15 August 2025 at Rutland Memorial Hospital, Cold Overton Road, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6NT
  • Tuesday 19 August 2025 at the Elizabeth Park Centre, Checkland Rd, Thurmaston, Leicester LE4 8FN
  • Tuesday 26 August 2025 at Hynca Lodge, St Francis Close, Hinckley LE10 0EW.

To book an appointment at the clinic, parents and carers or young people can contact the school aged immunisation service on 0300 3000 007 or email lpt.sais@nhs.net .

To access our service you can:

  • Complete the vaccination consent form by visiting: www.leicsandrutlandimms.co.uk and selecting the programme you wish to consent for.
  • You will require a code for your child’s school. Click here to find your school’s code.
  • For those children and young people who are home educated, please complete the consent form using the link above. When prompted for a school code use the following based on your Local Authority:
    • For those living in Leicester City Council: LE888888
    • For those living in Leicestershire County Council: LE888887
    • For those living in Rutland County Council: LE888886
  • If you are unable to complete the form online, ring us on 0300 3000 007 and the team will support you with this.

Completing the online consent form:

Top tip: when completing the online form, make sure you haven’t included extra spaces or punctuation around the school code, and that when you confirm your email address it matches the one originally submitted.

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