Willingdon Community School

Overview

Catering for over 1010 students, Willingdon Community School is a popular high school based in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Pupils join in year 7 and are supported until GCSEs in Year 11. We spoke to Rosie Beddows (Lead First Aider) about how Medical Tracker has improved their school’s approach to health management.

“Our old paper-based system was cumbersome and really hard to check on students’ medical and injury history. We can now even monitor medication intake and raise concerns with parents if increase regularity.”

What problems does Medical Tracker solve?

• Trends of illness or class absence due to medical room visits are accessible, highlighting potential safeguarding or pastoral support needed.
• As medication intake is recorded, parents can be contacted if concerns are highlighted linked to the regularity (as synched with the MIS system).
• Accurate information is recorded all in one place, abolishing the need for duplicate record books.

Medical Tracker for schools

Willingdon Community School were using a cumbersome paper-based system for recording health incidents. Information that once recorded is rarely looked at again, let alone analysed. They now actively monitor visitor regularity to the medical room, tracking trends for increased health concerns and medication intake across the school (via our online MAR sheet).

What impact has Medical Tracker had on first aid provision?

• Rosie regularly draws up first aid reports for the senior leadership team and year teams. Helping them to identify problems and act proactively.
• Pupils’ health and wellbeing are of top priority, Medical Tracker helps to monitor this.
• The online first aid software has saved the school staff hours of paperwork.