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The system of selective inspections currently adopted in
Havering for junior and secondary school pupils is as follows:-
1 The school nurse carries out the usual preliminary
screening tests of all children in the appropriate age
group in exactly the same way as for a "routine"
examination (vision and hearing, etc )
2 Parents are asked to complete an enquiry form about
the child's health and are given the opportunity to
request a full medical examination, even if the information
available would not normally indicate a need for
selection
3 Teaching staff are provided with a full list of the
children to be included in this age group and are asked
to notify any who appear to have health problems
Guidance is given toassist teachers in identifying such
children, including notes on attendance problems,
unsatisfactory standard of home care, poor performance
at school, behaviour problems, hearing defects, unsatisfactory
vision, and difficulty in reading or any other
specific school subject
4 The school medical officer examines each child's
previous medical records, together with the completed
parental enquiry form and reports from teaching staff,
in consultation with the head teacher, health visitor
and school nurse, as necessary. From all this information,
he selects those children who require a full
medical examination
5 Any child who has never had a previous school medical
inspection or for whom no previous medical record
exists, is automatically given a full medical examination
(This sometimes occurs with children moving into
the Borough, or those who have previously attended an
independent school)
6 In addition to the above procedures, parents are advised
that medical facilities are not restricted to the periodic
age group arrangements and they may request an examination
by the school doctor at any time that they wish
to have the benefit of his advice
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