Child got covid, what is the current guidance on sending into school?

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I won't send DS in while he's unwell, but what's the current guidance on sending into school after testing positive (if he improves within a couple of days)?

I am in the same situation where the school
doesn't have anything about it on the website. The last communication from them in early April was 5 days but I’m hoping it will be 3 days in line with government guidance. I have tried emailing and calling the school but no response yet. We tested DS because he was offered a lift to football when DH (very symptomatic!) tested positive and we didn’t think it was fair to send him in a car with someone when there was a good chance he was positive.

Ours is with negative lat flow

My schools says 5 days and only return after that if not ill.

We follow LEA guidance which comes from the government advice.

Obviously it relies in children being tested. We send children home with obvious symptoms and ask they are tested.

We have clinically vulnerable staff and pupils in school, so our headteacher tend to be cautious in their approach.

Abraxan - but when or why would kids get tested?

Our school says current advice was not to subject kids to testing unless directed by a health professional - so the same advice goes out from schools re covid as any other illness.

Just reread that you are sending kids home! So all sore throats/snotty noses /mild headaches etc!? In most kids that's what it would present as.

Of course if they're obviously unwell you'd send them home as you would for any illness.

Our parents are pretty good re testing etc in the whole. Most appear to have remaining tests and we have some in school still too.

We send home if they are clearly unwell. We'd do the same is clearly unwell with any illness. Our children are small. Unwell children shouldn't be at school anyway. So not with a mild cold, but we've had children clearly properly poorly with covid - headaches making them cry, a high temperature where they feel hot to touch, etc.

Ah I don't think anyone would disagree with sending home a "properly poorly" child with a temperature regardless of cause! I thought you meant you were sending home kids with "supsected covid" ie snotty/minor cold symptoms like most get.

I'm surprised that parents are paying to test. We were actively encouraged not to (only by healthcare professionals) which tbh has been great as the area has completely lost the "omg is it covid?!" panic with every sniffle (many of which will be covid!)

Can return on day 3 without a negative test as long as they no longer have a temperature.

I'm surprised that parents are paying to test. We were actively encouraged not to (only by healthcare professionals) which tbh has been great as the area has completely lost the "omg is it covid?!" panic with every sniffle (many of which will be covid!)

Our catchment is right in the middle of universities and hospitals, with many parents working in those sectors - we had a huge number of key worker parents, even in lockdown 1. So I suspect this plays a big part in testing as it was such a big part of working life for a long time for those workers. We also have a number of older parents, and therefore older grandparents - another factor that may play it's part.