Free vaccinations at school to protect your child against serious infectious diseases
Each year, nurses attend secondary schools across WA to provide free adolescent vaccinations as the National Immunisation Program recommends.
The Department of Health has identified public school students in Years 7 and 10 whose parents have not provided a response (consent or declination) to the request for their child to be immunised. They will send a text message to these parents, including links to the secure online consent form and the HealthyWA School-Based Immunisation webpage. Should a hard copy form be preferred, this is available through the school.
Year 7 students
Year 7 students can get the Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine booster dose. These protect against whooping cough, tetanus, genital warts and some cancers.
Year 10 students
Year 10 students can get the meningococcal vaccine to protect against four strains of the disease. Meningococcal disease can be extremely serious and spread to others, and older teenagers have the highest rates of infection.
For more information, please visit https://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/S_T/School-based-immunisation-program.
