Lily-Mae, who has served as a Sea Cadet for three years and received basic first-aid training, responded when her teacher, Tom Ray, began feeling unwell before experiencing the seizure.
The incident occurred during a mathematics lesson, initially leaving some pupils believing their teacher was joking.
However, Lily-Mae realised the situation was serious when Ray began losing focus and struck his head against the whiteboard.
“I knew he doesn't really joke like that,” she said, explaining why she recognised something was wrong.
Lily-Mae jumped over a table to help her teacher before directing her classmates out of the classroom and alerting other members of staff.
School personnel subsequently called for medical assistance.
The girl attributed her response to lessons learnt through Sea Cadets training, which had taught her to remain calm, assess situations and recognise when to seek help from people with more advanced skills.
“We have been learning how to be calm in difficult situations,” she said.
Although she had expected her training to be useful in ordinary situations, such as treating playground injuries, she found herself facing a more serious emergency involving an adult requiring urgent medical attention.
Lily-Mae said she felt proud of herself for responding decisively and regarded the experience as a significant achievement for someone her age.
Teacher praises girl's composure
Ray, who manages his epilepsy with medication, said he had never experienced a seizure of that nature in the classroom.
He praised Lily-Mae for maintaining her composure during the incident.
“It was amazing Lily-Mae was so calm in that situation,” he said.
Her mother, Jennifer, also expressed pride in her daughter's actions.
Lily-Mae hopes to join the Royal Navy when she grows up and also dreams of becoming an astronaut with NASA.
Her response to the classroom emergency has already provided a remarkable example of how skills learnt through youth programmes can translate into real-life situations.
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