Transfer of School Age Immunisation Service in Wirral
From Monday 1 September 2025, the management of the School Age Immunisation Service with transfer to IntraHealth, who provide this service in the North West across Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and other areas across England.
Schools will continue to see the same health professionals and should not experience any disruption to services as a direct result of this transfer.
From this date, records for pupils which have parental consent for immunisations they have not yet received, will be safely passed to Intrahealth to make sure their care continues. The records will remain secure and confidential in line with the IntraHealth’s privacy statement.
Who we are
Our team is made up of experienced practitioners who are highly skilled and experienced in coordinating the admin side of our vaccination programmes, liaising with schools over dates and answering phone calls from parents and directing as appropriate.
What we do
It’s important to protect your children against a number of dangerous infectious diseases.
The national vaccination programme means that diseases like polio have disappeared in the UK – this is only possible by maintaining the high vaccination rates for children and young people across our local communities.
Our team follows the national vaccination programme and offer vaccinations to protect against:
- Flu
- Meningococcal ACWY
- School leavers booster of Diphtheria
- Tetanus and Polio (Td/IPV)
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
- MMR as required
We routinely offer:
| Age | Vaccination | Schedule |
| Reception and years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 | Nasal Flu | October – December |
| Year 9 girls and boys | Tetanus/Diphtheria/Polio and Meningitis ACWY | May- July |
| Year 9 girls and boys | MMR is offered if your child has not previously had 2 doses | May-July |
| Year 8 girls and boys | HPV | February- April |
How to access the service
The vaccination programme is routinely delivered within schools.
Schools will send out an electronic consent (e-consent) form to all parents/carers to complete. Children of secondary school age may be able to give their own consent for the vaccination if they can demonstrate they fully understand the benefits and risks. Read more about our e-consent programme.
Following each programme our team offer ‘catch up’ clinics – details of these will be sent home if required. If your child is not attending school or is unable to attend a clinic our team offer home visits and arrangements are made to offer the EHE appropriate immunisations.
Contacting the team
- Email: [email protected]
Consenting to your child’s vaccinations
Parents and carers complete an online form to consent to their child’s school age vaccinations. Children of secondary school age may be able to give their own consent for the immunisation if they can demonstrate they fully understand the benefits and risks.
e-consent forms are available below. When completing the form please add your child’s school code.
School codes for Cheshire East
Complete your child’s e-consent form
Teenage booster – DTP (diphtheria, tetanus, polio)
Following each programme our team offer ‘catch up’ clinics – details of these will be sent home if required. If your child is not attending school or is unable to attend a clinic our team offer home visits.
Resources
MMR vaccination
- MMR vaccination leaflet
- MMR vaccination information leaflet – easy read
- MMR vaccination information leaflet in Amharic
- MMR vaccination information leaflet in Arabic
- MMR vaccination information leaflet in Czech
- MMR vaccination information leaflet in Dari
- MMR vaccination information leaflet in Hindi
- MMR vaccination information leaflet in Kurdish Sorani
- MMR vaccination information leaflet in Polish
- MMR vaccination information leaflet in Slovak
- MMR vaccination information leaflet in Tigrinya
- MMR vaccination information leaflet in Urdu
- Protecting your child against flu leaflet
- The HPV vaccine – beating cervical cancer leaflet
- Routine childhood immunisation schedule
- Vaccinations timeline
- Meningitis Research Foundation
The School Age Immunisation Service is part of 0-19+ Service Cheshire East.
