Should school have phoned to tell me she fainted?

[Dinnerisburnt]

My daughter fainted today at school, she is at secondary school (Y7). She told the teacher she was going to faint, teacher made her sit down. She fainted, black out completely, came round and got taken to the unsupervised medical room for 15 mins. Someone came to see if she was ok, and then sent her back to class to finish her lesson. I had no clue about this till I picked her up. AIBU to have expected school to have called me to let me know what had happened?

Yanbu.
My dd fainted in year 3 during a school concert. I was steaming that I found out from a mum in the yard after school. I felt like they didn't let me know because I ought to have been at the concert. I do try to get to them, but it's not always possible.

Yanbu. It may be worth checking your dd handed in the forms with your contact number and make sure they are up to date, I’d expect school to call for a faint.

YANBU I would speak to school tomorrow about this. Not on.

It sounds like staff were keeping an eye on her and could see that she was ok. I have a daughter who is a bit prone to fainting, but always recovers quickly. She is also old enough to tell me herself when it happens and I don't have a problem with the school relying on her to do so.

If the school isn't aware of any history of fainting, I'd be quite angry with not being rung when a child loses consciousness.

They should have contacted you.

If your dd doesnt have a history of fainting then I would definitely be talking to the school (does it have a matron who could keep an eye out for her?) and working out a plan of what you expect if it should happen again.

I would also takeh er to the doctor to get her checked out so there are no underlying causes that are not spotted...

I would expect them to contact you at primary, but not necessarily at secondary.
At secondary I would expect a child to be able to inform the school of anything relevant, and if they otherwise appear well I would think they would put it down to heat/lack of food/lack of water/period.

I'm a first aider as part of my job at a secondary school. We would definitely inform home in a situation like this. I would also be concerned that your dd was left alone after passing out. I think you need to speak to the school. Hope your dd is feeling better now.

When DD was 11 she wouldn't necessarily have remembered what to tell a member of staff re her health, especially in a scary situation like fainting. Not all 11/12 year olds feel comfortable talking about this kind of thing with people they don't know well.

She has fainted before a few times, we’ve been through the hospital to get it checked out. She has low blood pressure. I did fill out the medical form when she started last September. I think I’ll call them 2moro to ask for me to be notified if it happens again. I am a bit peeved they didn’t think to call me. She knows the signs that she is going to faint, and did tell the teacher.