I work in a high school setting and do my fair share of sending home due to illness and injury. We've recently had a sickness bug work it's way around school and it's been chaos. Staff and students have been ill in droves. Children who have been sick in the school have been sent home and parents have been told, by myself and other staff memebers, that they need to stay off for 48 hours after they have been sick which I though was pretty much standard. The staff who managed attendace have also been aware we've been sending students home with this in place.
They've suddenly taken umbridge and apparently we've been doing it wrong for the past few months of weeks and they only have to stay off for 24 hours. But surely I can't be the only one that thinks that's ridiculous? The NHS guidance is 48 hours after sickness and/or diarrhoea. We also have no written policy I can find on the matter. I know its annoying from an attendance point of view but surely that's the standard for a reason?
I'd raise it but I'm still on my probation till November so don't want to rock the boat too much.
Yanbu
24 hours is ridiculous and attendance are just thinking about their numbers
Yabu
24 hours is fine
www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/