Sickness – Is my child too sick for school?

If your child is ill, it’s likely to be due to one of a few minor health conditions.
If your child has a cough or a cold, we still expect your child to be attending school. When dropping off your child, please inform their child’s teacher of your worries. Please be assured, staff will look after your child and will contact parents if they are concerned in anyway. 

At times, children do need to be kept off school for certain conditions. Here is a poster explaining how long children are to be kept off school for. Public health illness guidance

Diarrhoea and Vomiting absences

Diarrhoea and/or vomiting commonly affects children and staff and can be caused by a number of different germs. Infections can be easily spread from person to person (by unwashed hands), especially in children. In general, it is recommended that any child with diarrhoea and/or vomiting symptoms should stay away from the school until they have been free of symptoms for 48 hours (the ‘48 hour rule’) and feel well. We appreciate that this is inconvenient in many cases, and you may not believe your child is ill, but you will appreciate that we do this in all cases and it will reduce the risk of infection for all children in school.  

Thank you for your understanding with this.  Further guidance on infection control may be found on the UK Health Security Agency website. Health protection in education and childcare settings - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Medical forms

If your child requires prescribed medication while at school, please complete this form and bring the medication into the school office for safe storage. 

If you have any questions please contact the school office -  0118 932 0033