School age immunisations

The School Age Immunisation Team will deliver flu vaccines (both nasal and injectable form) from September to December 2025. 
 
You will have received your session date and a request for an up to date class list via an email to school.
 
Please could you ensure that your return is sent to the team as soon as possible.
 
If your local community is experiencing digital poverty, we are more than happy to work with yourselves and send some nurses into help families complete the forms. Please call the team if this is something you think your families will benefit from.

We will send school the link for the vaccination consent form alongside the information posters and the link to the Immunisation Team Website, where families will find all the information to help them decide if they wish to consent for their child’s vaccination.

We would be grateful if schools would send polite reminders and the consent link again to families who have not completed a consent form (or non-consent form), under our guidance (our team will send a list to schools of those children and young people whose families have not returned a form).

Parents that don't respond can then be contacted directly to ascertain their wishes, given health advice or a more suitable venue arranged.
 
The School Age Immunisation Team have a total of 498 schools with 140,000 children across Northumberland, North Tyneside, Gateshead & Newcastle  to target. Your help with swift responses means the team can better protect the children and the local community, and reduce the risk of staff being affected by the transmission of flu in their classrooms.
 
We will also pilot offering nasal flu to the nursery children in Northumberland primary schools.  It is hoped that offering the protection to 2-3 year olds in a convenient setting may well increae overall uptake in the county. 
 
You will be asked to provide nursery lists in the same way you have previously provided class lists so the team can begin to contact families to gain consent.
 

If you would like staff to attend parent’s evenings to share information or help with consent forms, or to do assemblies or do a presentation in classes during PHSE or health weeks, regarding the importance of vaccinations, please let the team know.

Every school will have a named nurse. Our admin team will link in with your admin to send dates of vaccination sessions and request class lists and Risk assessments of the rooms the staff will use. Your named nurses will link in with your designated immunisation team link member to help with advice and support for vaccination sessions.

Summary for headteachers

Specific information for middle/secondary/high schools

This leaflet explains the NHS adolescent vaccination programme delivered to young people in secondary schools and the important role that schools play in its successful delivery.

To help spread the message to parents/carers we would be grateful if you would share the video, poster and website via your school communications platform:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2JTNn7kH68

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Immunisations: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

ICB Be Wise Immunise campaign

The ICB Be Wise Immunise campaign has launched. The campaign information aims to develop a consistent approach across Northumberland.

This campaign is aiming to reach:

  • Pregnant women
  • All children aged 2 to 3 years on 31st August 2025
  • School aged children – Reception to Year 11
  • All children in clinical risk groups (including those with asthma) – 6 months to less than 18 years

You can view the Be Wise Immunise Flu communications toolkit, and a video explaining how the service works for all school vaccination programmes not just flu.  The toolkit has resources aimed at different groups to make it more approrpriate with your setting.

The ICB would be grateful if you would share with parents/pupils/staff as you see fit.

Collecting feedback from pupils

Once pupils have received their immunisation we would be grateful if you would make time for the pupils to provide feedback on the service they have received.

The pupils we would like to repsond are the following:

  • Year 8 HPV
  • Year 9 for Td/IPV/MenACWY
  • Middle and High school pupils for flu

Thank you in advance for your support.

The government plans to launch a chickenpox vaccination programme in England from January 2026. GP practices will offer eligible children a combined vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella – the clinical term for chickenpox – as part of the routine infant vaccination schedule. Further details on eligibility will be announced in the coming months.

If you have any queries or questions please contact:
  • Email:  imms.team@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk 
  • Phone: 01912828977 or 0191282897
  • School Age Immunisation Team
    Seaton Delaval Innovation Hub
    Avenue Road
    Seaton Delaval
    Whitley Bay
    Tyne & Wear
    NE25 0QJ
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