•  Chicken pox & shingles- stay off until all spots are scabbed over and dry, normally within 5 days.
• Impetigo- stay away from school until lesions are crusted or healed.
• Diarrhoea and vomiting- return to school 48 hours after the last episode
• Flu- your child should return as soon as your child feels well enough and have no temprature.
• Headlice - no time off required. Treat lice and send to school.
• Conjuctivitis- no need to keep off once treatment has started.

When making dental, GP or optician appointments, please try to arrange them for out of school hours. Please be aware that an appointment during the school day does not require your child to miss the whole day at school. Other than in exceptional circumstances, it will be expected that your child returns to school following an appointment or comes in before the appointment. You can also use the NHS service below.

NHS Pharmacy First Service 

Did you know that the NHS Pharmacy First Service enables children and adults to get convenient access to healthcare advice and treatment where appropriate, for seven common conditions without the potential delay of having to wait for a GP appointment? Accessing the service may mean that can help children feel better and back to school as quickly as possible, as well as supporting parents/carers to also get better if they are unwell with one of the conditions covered under the service.

There is no need to make an appointment; parents or carers can pop into their local Boots pharmacy with their child and ask for help under the service.

Support for the following conditions can be accessed under the service, free of charge (unless NHS prescription charges apply):