General statements

The Standard School Drug Incident Log Book

This logbook is in line with the recommendations contained in the government 10-year strategy Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain and DfEE guidance papers.

What is a Drug?

A drug is any substance, legal or illegal that changes the way the body works. Drugs include - alcohol, tobacco, and solvents, prescribed and shop bought medicines, and illegal drugs.

Why have a drug Incident Logbook?

At the moment schools record incidents that involve drugs, including tobacco and alcohol in a variety of ways. Each individual school decides how best to record these and what type of incident to record. When this results in the exclusion of a student this is recorded centrally by the LEA but the precise nature of the incident is not.

In order to get a clearer picture of what is happening in our schools we are asking them to record all drug related and suspected drug related incidents, whether they result in exclusion or not, in this standard Drug Incident Logbook. This includes tobacco and alcohol related incidents.

This log book will not only help us to understand the pattern of drug use and drug related incidents but will also allow individual schools to better understand what‘s happening in there own institution as all the information will be recorded in one place and in a standard format.

Schools should maintain their own record keeping procedure in addition to using the logbook. The use of this logbook should be part of the school‘s Drug Education Policy and procedure.

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How to use this Logbook

All schools will have Drug Education Policies and Procedures. The role of this Logbook is to record the circumstances, processes and outcomes of the application of these policies and procedures to drug related incidents and situations in schools.

1. This logbook must be filled in after every drug-related incident or situation, this includes tobacco and alcohol. related incidents.
2. The Logbook must be filled in page order and no pages should be removed.
3. All relevant boxes should be filled in. Where an incident falls into more than one category then all relevant categories should be indicated.
4. The names of individual students should not be recorded in this logbook. The school should record incidents at pupil level in line with the schools record keeping procedures in addition to recording the nature of the incident and how it was dealt with in this Logbook.
5. The l“free writtenl” report section has been included so that in addition to the valuable statistical information that the logbook will generate there is an opportunity for staff to make ‘case study’ type notes. Such notes might indicate how an incident has been dealt with and include comments that might help a colleague deal with a future similar incident.
6. All entries in the Logbook should be signed and dated by the person filling in the Logbook and countersigned by a member of the school’s senior management team.
7. The Logbook should be kept in a safe accessible place e.g. school office.
8. The Logbook should be available for inspection by OFSTED and LEA officers.
9. The use of the Logbook should form part of the schools written Drug Education Policy and Procedures.

Record of drug related incident _{( Required information recorded in the Logbook )}

• Confirmed or Suspected Drug Related Incident?
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• Did the incident involve Possession? Use? Supply?
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• Date of incident / Day of incident / Time of incident.
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• Location of incident: In School Building / School Grounds / Off Premises.
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• Number and ages of people involved.
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• Did the incident involve any non-pupils of the school?
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• Types of drug involved: Medicines, Tobacco, Alcohol, Solvents, Cannabis, Heroin, Amphetamine, Ecstasy, Cocaine, Crack, LSD, Mushrooms, Poppers. Unknown / Other (Please put details in written report). Needles / Paraphernalia.
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• Please answer yes or no to these questions:
• Parents contacted?
• Police contacted?
• Police attended?
• School searched pupil?
• LEA contacted?
• Medical Assistant given?
• Ambulance called?
• Drug confiscated?
• Drug disposed of by school?
• Drug given to police?
• Other agencies involved?
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• Summary of exclusions resulting from this incident: Sex / Age / Years / Permanent / Fixed term No of days
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• Have the student/s involved been told how to get further help/support?
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• Have the parents been told how to get further help/support?
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• Written report: Please briefly describe the incident and how it was dealt with. Please indicate any difficulties and advice for staff dealing with a similar incident in this section.