What to do when your child is ill.

If your child is ill please ring the school office on 01304 374033, before 9am on the first morning of their illness to report their absence.

It can be confusing to know how long your child should be kept off school as this depends on their illness. The recommendation of the Health Protection Agency for the most common illnesses such as sickness and diarrhoea is 48 hours after the last episode. For illnesses such as chickenpox they recommend 5 days from the onset of the rash, as the spots start to scab over and heal, this reduces the risk of the infection spreading through classes.

A comprehensive list of these guidelines and the schools policy can be found here. If you have any questions or need clarification, please do ring the school.

If you have any concerns or doubts regarding the illness of your child, please always consult a doctor and inform the school.  

If your child becomes ill whilst at school we will always contact you to inform you and arrange collection. We will always try and speak to parents and primary carers in the first instance before calling any additional contacts provided by parents. Please ensure these details are up to date if they change at all.

 COVID- 19 : If your child or anyone in your household has a high temperature and a new persistent cough, please follow the guidelines as issued by the government, regarding self isolation. Please contact the school as soon as possible. If a child is in school and develops any of these symptoms, you will be contacted immediately to collect your child.

Guidance for parents- Who to call can be found here If still in doubt call 111 or visit https://111.nhs.uk/COVID-19 for medical advice.

Guidance from GOV on what parents need to know for children returning to schools and education can be found here

What if there is a confirmed Case of COVID 19?

Once a test is positive, we ask that you contact the school directly as soon as possible. Track and Trace will inform any close contacts of the need to isolate. If someone in the family tests positive, it is advised to test daily other family members, however you do not need to isolate. Children are still able to come to school unless they are ill or test positive themselves. 

Staffing

Under the current guidance for schools, staff are able to work across classes. We are keeping this to a minimum but in the event that we need to cover staff absence we will redeploy staff to other year groups so that we can keep all classes open. If the guidance changes or we have a significant number of staff affected by COVID, then we may have to operate partial closures.

Can my child come to school with a cold? 

COVID19 Information Table for parents