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.
September 2023 to March 2024: Flu
The service has finished delivering flu vaccinations in schools. We are still offering the oppurtunity for vaccination through our community pharmacy partners. You can still complete a consent form on our system and will receive more details about this offer. Click here to view our invitation letter sent to all children and young people in reception to year 11.
You can also listen to our Clinical Lead talk about the vaccinations:
This information is also available in the following languages:
- Arabic – letter / video
- Farsi – video
- Gujurati – letter / video
- Hindi – video
- Polish – letter / video
- Punjabi – letter
- Spanish – video
- Somali – letter
- Ukrainian – letter
- Urdu – letter
January to March 2024: 3-in-1 teenage booster and meningitis ACWY
The service is delivering 3-in-1 teenage booster and meningitis ACWY vaccinations. Details of this have been shared with all schools in the area. Click here to view our invitation letter sent to all children and young people in year 9.
This invitation letter is also available in the following languages:
April to May 2024: HPV
The service is delivering the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations. Details of this have been shared with all schools in the area. Letter to follow.
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.