Safeguarding and Medical Advice

NSPCC Share Aware booklet

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