{"id":7577,"date":"2021-12-09T11:10:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T11:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/parkmead\/?page_id=7577"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:47:30","slug":"illness-absence-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/parkmead\/illness-absence-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Illness &#038; Absence FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It can be tricky deciding whether or not to keep your child off school when they&#8217;re unwell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are government guidelines for schools and nurseries about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/health-protection-in-schools-and-other-childcare-facilities\/chapter-9-managing-specific-infectious-diseases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/health-protection-in-schools-and-other-childcare-facilities\/chapter-9-managing-specific-infectious-diseases&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1765910433006000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1tmSasKvPPbIjk-bW67taR\">health protection and managing specific infectious diseases at GOV.UK<\/a>. These say when children should be kept off school and when they shouldn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>If you do keep your child at home, it&#8217;s important to advise the school that your child won&#8217;t be in and give the reason for their absence.\u00a0 This should be communicated on the first day of absence and each subsequent day.<\/p>\n<p>If your child is well enough to go to school but has an infection that could be passed on, such as a cold sore or head lice, please let us know.<\/p>\n<h2>Is my child too ill for school?<\/h2>\n<p>Please access advice for many childhood illnesses via the link below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1765910433006000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2qS7iXuk7MZAMvfYBr9nNr\">www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A-Z of managing Infectious Diseases:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/health-protection-in-schools-and-other-childcare-facilities\/managing-specific-infectious-diseases-a-to-z#influenza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/health-protection-in-schools-and-other-childcare-facilities\/managing-specific-infectious-diseases-a-to-z%23influenza&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1765910433006000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0XOqJVd7t-V87AL-4MNc_l\">www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/health-protection-in-schools-and-other-childcare-facilities\/managing-specific-infectious-diseases-a-to-z#influenza<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be tricky deciding whether or not to keep your child off school when they&#8217;re unwell. There are government guidelines for schools and nurseries about health protection and managing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7577","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pd9B2x-1Yd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 06:55:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/parkmead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/parkmead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/parkmead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/parkmead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/parkmead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7577"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/parkmead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12015,"href":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/parkmead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7577\/revisions\/12015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/parkmead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}