Year 7 and 10 vaccinations

If your child is in Year 7 or Year 10 this year, you can provide online consent for their routine school vaccinations. Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received. 

2025 vaccinations

Year 7

• Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
• Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough), (dTpa) vaccine

Year 10

• Meningococcal ACWY vaccine

Types of vaccinations

Year 7

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine

• Single dose
• This vaccine is important as it protects against HPV-related cancers and illnesses that can affect everyone.
• The vaccine is given to the Year 7 age group because it provides the best immune response and maximises protection against infection.

Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough), (dTpa) vaccine

• Single dose
• This vaccine protects against three illnesses – diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, also known as whooping cough.
• Students usually have a dose of diphtheria, tetanus and whopping cough vaccine prior to starting school at 4-5yrs of age.
• The Year 7 dTpa vaccine dose is an adolescent booster. It is very important to boost protection against whooping cough and tetanus protection, as this immunity wanes over time.

Year 10

Meningococcal ACWY vaccine

• Single dose
• This vaccine is important as it protects against four types of meningococcal bacteria, which cause serious disease that can quickly become life-threatening.

Online consent

How to provide consent:

1. To complete online consent for your child's school vaccinations, visit this link. 
2. 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 ServiceNSW to create one.
3. Update or confirm your personal details in Service NSW as required.
4. 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 available in 27 languages
   4. Provide consent.

The benefits of providing consent online:

• 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).

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper consent form directly from your child’s school.

Paper consent

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper consent form directly from your child's school.

Paper consent forms can be found at the front office.

School Vaccination Program (translated consent materials)

If you require information in your language, please visit this link. 

More information

For more information on routine school vaccinations, please visit NSW Health.