Medical condition | Recommended Period to be Kept Away from School | Comments |
Chicken Pox | 5 days from onset of rash or until spots are crusted and healed | Vulnerable children and pregnant members of staff should be informed |
Impetigo | Until lesions are crusted and healed or 48 hours from commencing antibiotic treatment | Antibiotic treatment speeds healing and reduces the infectious period |
Scarlet Fever | Child can return 24 hours after commencing antibiotic treatment | Antibiotic treatment recommended for the affected child |
Sickness and Diarrhoea | 48 hours from the last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting | |
Whooping cough | 5 days from commencing antibiotic treatment or 21 days from onset of illness if no antibiotic treatment | |
Conjunctivitis | None | |
Tonsillitis | None | Most cases are due to viruses and do not require antibiotic treatment |
Verrucae/warts | None | Should be covered |