SICKNESS ABSENCE REPORTING

Unsure about how long children need to stay off school for?

Public Health England have produced a document outlining how long children should remain off school for particular ailments. Page 5 onwards.

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Current illnesses and guidance

If there are particular illness frequently being reported to us in school, we will add key information below...

Sickness Absence Reporting

Complete the form below to alert us if your child is not coming to school due to sickness, hospital or doctors appointment, dentist or other...

In line with government guidance - if your child is showing ANY of the signs / symptoms of coronavirus they must be tested and should not be brought to school.

If a test is negative - please contact the school before sending your child back in.

If a test is positive - you MUST inform the school and stay at home for 7 days AND until there is no fever.

If you send your child to school clearly displaying these symptoms, your child will be sent home. You would have also put other children and staff at risk by doing so.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
(1) high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)

(2)new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

(3) loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you’ve noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

Sickness Absence form

* Indicates required field

Pupil First Name *

Pupil Surname *

Year Group? *

Class Name OR Code OR Teacher? *

Absence Reason *

Please provide further information... *

If an appointment or other... will the child return to school for the afternoon? *

If returning before lunch... will they need lunch? *

Please provide us with information regarding the sickness, appointment or other reason for absence. This will ensure our records remain updated and will enable the Education welfare officer to understand the reasoning behind absences.

If an appointment, please provide the time of the appointment and indicate below if returning to school and whether lunch is required.

COVID19 - If your child is self isolating or showing signs and symptoms this is being coded on the register using a different code.

Who completed the form? *

Relationship to pupil(s) *

Please give details of other siblings who may be absent from school at the same time. *

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