AIBU to think the school are being ridiculous

[happytoseeyou]

My DD (6) gets very rosy cheeks when she is tired. We attended a wedding at the weekend and she had a later bedtime than normal.

I took her to school as normal on Monday and as soon as I got into work I had a call from the school stating I had to go and collect her as they believed she has slapped cheek. I explained on the phone that she gets very pink cheeks when she is tired and she'd had a couple of late nights over the weekend, so there was nothing to worry about. They said they had the other children to consider and couldn't take my work for it and I had to collect her immediately.

When I arrived at the school the receptionist went to get her and and walked over to a large group of children sitting on the floor being read to. I asked if they were so concerned they why wasn't she in isolation they said they would get the head to talk to me, but I said to not bother as I had to get back to work. (luckily my mum was able to have her while I went back to work)

She still had rosy cheeks this morning so I called them to ask what their policy is as the NHS guidelines say that there is no need to be off school for slapped cheek, and they have said until I get a letter from a doctor giving DD the all clear then she won't be accepted back in school!

AIBU to not to want to waste NHS time to prove my DD isn't unwell, and even if she had slapped cheek (which she def hasn't) then the school should be in line with NHS advice and allow her to attend.

[Pacers]

YANBU

We had this last year with DD, then 8. Similar to yours, she is prone to getting pink cheeks when tired; we’d had a busy weekend and she’d been outside a lot. Mentioned to school at drop off on Monday. Call from school at lunchtime: “DD is not well AT ALL”.

Drove from work in absolute panic, to find DD happily playing outside with the Yr6 class. No temp, no headache, no symptoms other than pink cheeks. School refused to have her back until I had written confirmation from the GP that she didn’t have scarlet fever

Huge waste of GP’s time, day of lost earnings (and awful fright) for me, day out of school for DD who came home and spent the rest of the afternoon trampolining.

I get it’s sometimes a hard line for schools to walk, but this can’t be the way to do it.

[OhLookHeKickedTheBall]

We had DD sent home recently for having a rash and a temperature. DH picked her up all worried and didn't really check her over in his panic. Got her home and no temperature at all, nothing wrong with her. She'd been running about at lunchtime on a hot day so had been sweaty when they noticed her rash. The rash was excema. School refused to have her back until it was confirmed. 2 hours in the walk in clinic later and the nice GP said they'd give us some more steroid cream for it. So at least I had that to show them when I took her in the next day.

[OhLookHeKickedTheBall]

nothing wrong with her - other than the rash of course - she was lethargic or out of sorts I meant.

[OhLookHeKickedTheBall]

wasn't lethargic.

I'm not doing well here. Sorry for accidentally spamming

[suzy2b]

I'v never heard of slap cheek,and have worked with children in the past 2 grown up children and 3 grandchildren.