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If your child is ill you must let the school know.
You can do this by calling the school on 682190 and leaving a message or speaking to a member of staff. You can also let the class teacher know directly.
NHS - Is My Child Too Ill for School (click)
Please click on the NHS link above to find advice on a range of medical conditions
Diarrhoea and/or vomiting
Recommended period to be kept away from school:
48 hours after the last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting.
Chicken Pox
Recommended period to be kept away from school:
5 days from onset of rash.
Chickenpox is a common childhood illness that causes a rash of itchy spots that turn to fluid-filled blisters
German Measles/ Rubella
Recommended period to be kept away from school:
6 days from onset of rash.
A red-pink rash is a common symptom of rubella
Impetigo
Recommended period to be kept away from school:
Until lesions are crusted and healed, or 48 hours after commencing antibiotic treatment.
Impetigo is a highly contagious skin infection which causes sores and blisters. It's very common and affects mainly children.
Measles
Recommended period to be kept away from school:
4 days from onset of rash.
Shingles
Recommended period to be kept away from school:
Exclude only if rash is weeping and cannot be covered
Shingles is an infection of a nerve and the skin around it. It is caused by the herpes varicella-zoster virus, which also causes chickenpox.
Meningitis
Links to useful sites and symptom checker