If your child is not well enough to attend school please telephone the school on 01544 327 262 by 9.00am
If you do not inform us, then the school will try to contact you. It is our duty to ensure that the children in our care are safe. If we are unable to contact you by telephone then you may get a home visit from a member of staff
We understand that children can't help being poorly and there may be occasions when they have an illness that will mean that they need to take time off school. However, we would ask you as parents / carers to stop and consider whether or not their illness means they are unable to attend school. We know this can sometimes be hard, but on this page you will also find some advice from the NHS and UKHSA.
If your child has a cold or other mild illnesses, they may not feel like their normal self, but are probably still well enough to come to school. We encourage our pupils build appropriate levels of resilience and would like to prepare them for life in the modern world, where minor illness does not exclude a person from normal daily activities.
Before deciding to keep your child at at home, consider:
- Are they well enough to come to school?
- Is their current attendance a cause for concern?
- Would they feel better if they had some paracetamol? (We are also able to administer an additional dose during the school day - please ask the office for the appropriate forms).
- Are they not wanting to come to school because they are worried about something, either at home or at school?