INSURANCE

I am legally required to inform you on an annual basis that your son or daughter is fully insured when involved in school activities or is on the school site, for any accident which is caused by the school being deficient or negligent in any way. However, the vast majority of accidents occur because they are accidents and there is no negligence or deficiency on the part of any individual employed by the school or any deficiencies with school plant. When an accident is purely accidental, your son or daughter will not be covered unless you have taken out private accidental insurance on them. I strongly recommend that you consider this way forward if you have any concerns concerning the consequences of accidental injury. Your insurance broker or any insurance company will, I am sure, offer you a quote for such cover. As always, however, it may be wise to obtain two or three quotes to see which offers you the best cover in the most cost effective way.

In keeping with my legal requirements, I also inform you that your son or daughter will be under our total supervision between the hours of 8.45am and 3.55pm each day. Outside those hours students are welcome to be on premises and if they are involved in an activity organised by a member of staff, full cover will prevail. If, however, they are on premises outside our core hours and not involved in an activity, they are on premises at your risk! That is not to say we will not help them or try to overview their safety - obviously we will. It is simply that we will not have the full cover outside core hours that we enjoy during the full school day. It is important, however, that your sons and daughters realise that if they are on premises at any time and they have a difficulty, they should approach a member of staff and ask for help.