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Changing schools next year with a daughter who has type 1 diabetes. What did you ask at admission?

fennel_anklet_55

My daughter is 9 and has type 1 diabetes. Her present school has been kind, but there is no nurse, and on most days I am the one going at lunch to check her sugar and give the insulin. I teach part-time at another school so I can manage it, but it means I can never take a full timetable. For next year I am looking at schools on the Kothapet, Dilsukhnagar and LB Nagar side that have a nurse or a medical room with someone trained. When you were applying, how did you bring this up? I don't want to hide it, but I also want a fair chance at the seat.

2 comments

  • amber_quilt_8743

    'Has a nurse' can mean full-time or someone who comes twice a week. Ask the hours, and who covers when she's on leave. Also ask who exactly gives the insulin on a day you can't come. You want the name of a role, not "we will manage".

    • fern_rain_7108

      And whether that person has done it for a child before, or would be learning on your daughter. Big difference. A school that says "let's sit down with your doctor first" sounds better to me than one that says yes on the spot.

  • mellow_kettle_9814

    We're only at the preschool stage, so nothing this serious, but when we visited schools I asked to see the medical room itself. Two of them took a while to find the key. That was more useful than anything in the prospectus. Wishing you a smooth search ❤

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