Would you send your child to school with a temperature?

[IsMyChildTooIllForSchool]

38 or above ?

We follow the nhs guide ‘is my child too ill for school’ and keep them off for illness with a fever 38 or higher. We have been told that if we give ibuprofen and/or paracetamol we can send them in with a masked fever ?

No. Runny noses, colds etc yes but not with a fever.

We've just had an email from school re high level of sickness in pupils and staff and it categorically said a temperature is a stay at home situation - no mention of a figure.

Based on that I'd definitely follow your gut instinct and keep at home.

We sent our child back to school after a week off with a fever and croup. As we got to the school gate this morning, we heard a parent tell the teacher, "My child has a temperature." The child was still allowed to attend school with the other children. We questioned this with the school which told us it's fine under the gov guidelines. Not happy at all knowing parents would send their kids into school knowing they are sick and they will be potentially passing this onto other children over the stupid guidelines. Irresponsible.

A temp tends to make me feel really poorly, so I wouldn't send them in when they're not well enough to be there.

This.

It's the same misuse of data that shows poorer outcomes for lower attendance. The poor outcomes are not dose dependent on attendance necessarily and the poor outcomes for children who live with every disadvantage cannot be extrapolated to dc with similar attendance % but living very privileged in other ways lives.

The reasons why some children are not in regular attendance (and their pattern of missed sessions will be different than those for minor illness) are well known. We just don't do enough to deal with the complex and intractable situations. It's easier to make out that your child will never get a job because they missed a week with flu.
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A cold will never give you a temp. If you have cold symptoms with a fever that is not a cold, but the flu.

Rubbish.

My daughter (and yes there are other issues) ended up in hospital with a cold (as confirmed by the swabs/bloods) with a temp of 41.

It's entirely possible for half a dozen people to get the same cold, and for some it'll be a minor inconvenience, for some it'll be horrible with feeling ill, achey, really struggling, and maybe one that will end up with a fever or complications.

I think that's nonsense. Of course you can get a temp with a cold.

That's not true.