The policy of the school with regard to illness is:

• Home is the best place for children who are feeling ill.
• A child should not return to school following sickness or diarrhoea until at least 24 hours have passed without any incidence;
• Children should not bring medication into school to administer to themselves; special arrangements may be made regarding Asthma sufferers and their inhaler.
• Parents/guardians or a nominated adult, may bring medicines into school and administer them to a child (e.g. when a child is recovering). 
• Staff at the school should not administer medicines:  in case of great difficulty please speak to the Head Teacher.  Parents may be required to sign a permission form if the Head/Deputy are to administer medicines on behalf of the  parents/guardians.

In order to fulfil the statutory obligation to accurately record absences and unauthorised absences throughout the school, we would be grateful if all parents could follow the procedure indicated below:

• A phone call before 9.30 a.m. advising the school of the child's absence at the beginning of an absence;
• A letter from a parent/guardian when the child returns to school after an absence through illness.  If a letter is not received the child's absence must be recorded as ‘unauthorised' and this fact must be mentioned in the child's annual report and recorded officially as ‘unauthorised'.
• A child, who arrives after the register has been called, will be recorded as late.