Chicken pox-how long off school?

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The first spots appeared on Wed night. Obviously kept her off school on Thurs and Fri and I was assuming she needs to be off on Monday and Tues at least but wondered for how many more days after that. She seems totally normal in herself!! I have had conflicting information about how long she needs to be excluded for.

Many thanks

Until the spots have crusted over and new ones have stopped appearing. This is nomally 5-7 days.

She needs to stay off until the last blister has popped and crusted over. Hope she's ok.

health protection agency advises to exclude for 5 days from when the spots first appear. If she seems well enough she could go back from Tuesday/Wednesday.