Head injury in school

[ThisAquaFinch]

If your child had a head injury in school, would you expect the teacher to ask how she has been on return eg was hospital trip needed, did she have concussion? For their own records at very least.
child was sent home following the incident immediately and had 2 days off school following this and still has bad bruising across head and eyes.

I would not expect this.

If there was anything the school should know I would expect the parent to inform them on the child’s return.

Well yes but I guess we don’t know what else the teacher has going on and how the concussion was caused.

Interesting!! I thought for bad injuries they were required to fill it out on their paperwork of the incident if a hospital trip was required or not!

A little bump on the head, no, what you’re describing then yes.

Ugh that sounds awful! How did it happen?

I would definitely expect the school to ask about the child's wellbeing, but schools nowadays are some awful uncaring prison-like places.

No, the paperwork will show that the child was handed over to the parent, or whoever collected the child from school. Then ut is up to the parent what happens next
If school advised seeking medical advice the paperwork in school will also say that
If parents didn't follow that advice its their responsibility.
I would have expected you to tell school the outcome when you let them know that she would be off school. Unless the teacher actually witnessed the incident/accident it might not have been the teacher who completed the first aid record/
accident book.

This! Did school phone you to collect at the time? If they’ve been off school have you not phoned them to inform them anyway?

Just to answer some questions, the school did not advise anything. And none of the adults saw what happened. So I am going off what she says. And hoping she didn’t lose consciousness.
yes they did call me to collect.
and reported her absence to say she was off due to the head injury. But no details as I wasn’t sure at that point. (You only let them know on day 1)
this is my 3rd little one, and I’ve never worried about minor injuries to the head before. This was something else.
I guess I am being entitled/ precious to think they could have asked or would be interested to know. I do also appreciate they are very busy.
The teacher popped out after school to say she’d been very quiet and not herself on her first day back, before I could even answer, she had gone.

My child sustained a head injury at school. They phoned me to collect and I took her straight to A&E. Her teacher did message me that evening to check in (they hadn’t done anything wrong, was just playground carry on gone wrong) but I didn’t get the impression that was a requirement, I think he was just keen to know she was ok?

I phoned her in sick the next day and she returned the day after that. No drama.

To be honest I didn’t really care about the schools admin /policies etc. it was just one of those things and I was just relieved that they phoned me and kept her safe and watched until I could get there. Once we’d been to the hospital I just focussed on making sure she was ok.

I think it really depends on the situation and what the head injury was. As others have said I would have expected you as a parent to mention anything to the teacher at drop off concerning their wellbeing or anything to look out for.
I don't know of any paperwork that requires follow up information, but maybe I haven't dealt with a major incident. If a child gets a head injury we normally do a normal accident form saying what happened (e.g. slipped and fell backwards on playground) and what we did (ice pack applied, parents contacted). Not sure what you think the process would be.

How old is the child?

That’s fair enough! Thanks all. I guess I am being unreasonable.
unfortunately I don’t do drop off to the teacher as child is in wraparound care.
And shes 4 years old

Presumably as your child had 2 days off school you have already phoned in to explain his/her absence therefore the hospital visit would have been mentioned?

From what I believe, any injury that has been caused at school and has required hosptial treatment, this should legally be reported by the school. Have you informed the school that she had a hospital visit?
As a teacher, I would ask the child how she was.

A report will have been filled in, updated that parent has taken child home.

Fair enough all! I’ve accepted I’m in the wrong here!!
I haven’t caused any drama to clarify to those saying about focussing on my child, obviously I have been fully focussed on her for the past few days.
I didn’t say about the hospital visit on the absence note as we hadn’t been yet, at the time I emailed, she had delayed double panda eyes so required a visit after 24 hours to check for a fractured skull.

If worried you could have messaged the teacher using whatever platform the school uses (ours tends to go via dojo but teachers do also have email addresses that parents can contact them on).
Maybe in the future if you want them to be aware of any issues check how best to inform them.

I think that the teacher would presume that if they're back at school, the head is OK.

It is quite possible that the teacher asked DD how she felt while they were doing the register/other introductory activity early in the day. Dd probably wouldn't remember that by the time she saw you later in the day.

I am a TA. If a child bumps their head, we always put a wristband on, informing the parents of when and where it happened. If it’s more than a simple head bump eg dizziness occurs we will call the parents and ask them what they want to do. While we are all first aid trained, we are not medical professionals who should give advice.

If the school sends the pupil to hospital that has to be recorded. If they hand over to a responsible adult and advise hospital treatment/medical intervention, that has to be recorded.

Once school has handed over responsibility to the family, their job is finished.

It depends on the reason for the injury.

If she tripped as a result of taking part in a sport or normal activity then a hospital visit doesn't necessarily need to reported for H&S.

If she tripped over a wonky paving slab, or fell down steps and attended hospital then an incident report would need to be filled in.

I'm a bit surprised no one asked you though tbh if she was off for two days. I'd consider it good practice if nothing else.

She tripped on a wonky paving slab and hit her head on some concrete steps- for those asking!!

I'd assume the parent would have informed the school of any treatment etc and if any extra care was needed on their return.

Exactly.