Nursery/Pre-school temperature - illness policy?

NHS advice....temp over 38 keep them home.

Not sure on my nursery policy but pretty sure they'd phone me straight away if my son had a temp. He come down with an illness last Friday and had a temp for 4 days. I didn't send him to nursery all week to recover.
People just send their kids in poorly that's why so much circulates.

You obviously have been lucky enough never to have had a child go into febrile convulsions when the temperature that's been masked suddenly shoots up once the meds wear off....or the parents who can't answer because they are busy...
And you don't care about passing on any infections.
NHS advice is to keep children at home if they have temperatures over 38....and that doesn't mean after Calpol.....poor kids who's parents don't put them first.

I've reported everyone calling me a liar - I am not a liar - UTIs are notorious for really high temps

Liar/fantasist. One of the two.

Give it up. No one believes you, no matter how hard you stamp your feet.

This is shitty advice. Why risk getting other people sick?.. more so.. why send your child to nursery when they have a fever anyway.

you’re comment really says a lot about the type of parent you are a shit one

Oh my god. This is a wind up , surely??

Or teething

Most children spike 39 degree fevers and are absolutely fine. It sounds unfortunate and unusual that your daughter had a seizure. Not saying they should be in childcare with a temp of 39 but it’s often part and parcel of a normal viral infection in a small child.

The NHS classes a high fever as 38.0+, I don't think I'd be impressed at a setting sending my children home for a temperature less than that!

Ear temp of 37.8 and my mindees go home. By the time parents arrive it’s usually over or around 38. At 39 my daughter was fitting and practically unconscious.

Private daycare nursery: they'll keep them if they're well in themselves on Calpol. Happy to keep dosing and work with us to time doses to line up for bedtime. If the Calpol doesn't settle them then they're sent home. Don't think they have a particular threshold, they go by the child in front of them.

Nursery school: sent home if they look slightly flushed after running around and I'm only exaggerating a little. The head is ridiculously germphobic for someone working with three year olds. When eldest was there during covid they weren't allowed in if they were coughing - even with a negative PCR. Complete pain in the arse.

What exactly is the point of your thread?? Reported.

I've reported everyone calling me a liar - I am not a liar - UTIs are notorious for really high temps. I havent googled but I now understand why 111 had an ambulance with us within 3 minutes the first time she had a UTI. She was happy and playing but was hot which is why we checked her temp and 111 asked us to repeat it and then immediately dispatched an ambulance - the paramedics were shocked that she was happy and awake and blue lighted her in where they put her straight on antibiotics, and fluids, sat her on my lap with a bowl under to catch a wee sample and then told us we were lucky as quite soon after she probably would have crashed out. Second time I knew it was likely a UTI once her temp went over 40 and took her straight to children's a&e with a wee sample and they confirmed another UTI - again her temp spiked. I'm not sure why you're all saying I'm lying - clearly we're lucky and Google isn't able to answer a question for every single member of every population. You're all sick a twisted to be saying things like 'your daughter should be dead' etc.

Been a while but my dc were raised in USA so Fahrenheit, up to 102 give tylenol and carry on was the advice I was given as long as not lethargic etc. That 38.8 C A low grade fever is always a bad thing, it mean your body is fighting off a bug or dealing with something eg teething

Our children were send home if +38C. No calpol administration in nursery.

Be consistent about where you're taking temp too.. arm pit vs mouth vs forehead

I think ours is 38, but generally they are sensible and send home if child looks unwell or acting different to normal. Mine always call me and ask permission to give Calpol if they do have a temp but I have to collect them. We cannot send them in with a temperature and we're not allowed to give any Calpol before sending them in (presumably if they need the Calpol then they aren't well enough to be there?!)
Though, occasionally I did used to give Calpol before nursery if they were a bit snotty and grumpy but no temperature, just like I'd take paracetamol if I had a cold but would manage at work with a few drugs lol

THANK YOU!

These people who have never lived it but are 100% sure my daughter would be dead with that temperature which is extremely offensive. Some kids spike higher temperatures than others. I am not a liar and resent the suggestion.

Not necessarily. Mine spikes to 42ish with just colds and I'm perfectly capable of functioning like that.