Year 7 & 10 Vaccinations  

Year 7 & 10 will have their routine school vaccinations on Monday June 2nd. Parents are to give online consent for their child. 

NSW Vaccinations Program

 

In 2025 the following vaccines will be offered:  

   

In Year 7, students are offered free vaccines for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough), (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV). In Year 10, students are offered the meningococcal ACWY vaccine.   

  

Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.   

 

If your child is in Year 7 or Year 10, you can give consent online for their routine school vaccinations.   

 

How to Provide Consent:  

  1. To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit the School Vaccination Program online consent portal (https://engage.health.nsw.gov.au/engage

     

  2. For detailed steps on how to provide consent, please refer to the NSW Health webpage  How to Provide Consent (https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/online-consent-school-vaccination.aspx). 

3. Follow the steps to log in to your existing ServiceNSW account. This is the same account you may already use to renew your driver’s licence. If you don’t have a ServiceNSW account, refer to https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/services/myservicensw-account/how-to-create-an-account  to create an account. 

 

4. Update or confirm your personal details in ServiceNSW as required. 

   

5. Complete the School Vaccination Consent Form for your child/ren. You will need to:    

  1. Enter your child’s personal details   
  2. Provide the Medicare card details for you and your child   
  3. Read the linked Parent Information Sheet and privacy statement. Translations are available in 28 languagesplease refer to the NSW Health webpage https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx 
  4. Provide consent.    

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, have poor or no internet access or you are unable to complete the online consent, ask your child's school for a paper consent form.   

If you need assistance, please contact Albury Public Health on 02 6053 4800 press option 2.

  

The benefits of providing consent online:  

  • SMS notification three days before the clinic to remind you of the vaccination day  
  • easily update your child’s details  
  • receive SMS and/or email notifications when vaccinations are given   
  • faster upload of vaccination records to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).   

For more information on routine school vaccinations, please visit www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination.  

  

If you require information in your language, please visit www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx