Attendance & Medical Isolation Periods
School Hours
| Nursery | 8:45am-11:45am |
| Reception - Year 2 | 8:45am-3:15pm |
If your child is 5 minutes or more late an adult must sign them in via the school office.
It has been well researched that children who attend school regularly and arrive on time achieve better outcomes. At Strathmore we monitor attendance closely. We have a duty to make sure children on our roll are safe and well and have a policy in place to support us to do that. We understand that sometimes absence cannot be helped. Children can and do become poorly and there are times when the best place for a child is resting at home. We advise an absence of 48 hours for things like stomach bugs so children can recover properly and to reduce the risk of illness spreading around the school community.
The government says 'Good' attendance for children is 96% and above. If attendance slips below 90% the child is deemed a persistent absentee.
At Strathmore we aim for all our children to be HEROs!
Medical Isolation Periods
| Condition | Isolation Period |
| Coughs & Colds | It's fine to send your child to school with a minor cough or common cold. But if they have a fever, keep them off school until the fever goes. Encourage your child to throw away any used tissues and to wash their hands regularly. |
| Chickenpox | If your child has chickenpox, keep them off school until all the spots have crusted over. This is usually about 5 days after the spots first appeared. |
| High Temperature | If your child has a high temperature, keep them off school until it goes away. A high temperature is 38c or more. |
| Cold Sores | There's no need to keep your child off school if they have a cold sore. Encourage them not to touch the blister or kiss anyone while they have the cold sore, or to share things like cups and towels. |
| Conjunctivitis | You don't need to keep your child away from school if they have conjunctivitis. Do get advice from your pharmacist. Encourage your child not to rub their eyes and to wash their hands regularly. |
| Covid 19 | If your child has mild symptoms, such as a runny nose, sore throat, or slight cough, and feels well enough, they can go to school. Your child should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people if they have symptoms of COVID-19 and they either:
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| Ear Infection | If your child has an ear infection and a high temperature or severe earache, keep them off school until they're feeling better or their high temperature goes away. |
| Hnad, Foot & Mouth | If your child has hand, foot and mouth disease but seems well enough to go to school, there's no need to keep them off. Encourage your child to throw away any used tissues straight away and to wash their hands regularly. |
| Headlice & Nits | There's no need to keep your child off school if they have head lice. You can treat head lice and nits without seeing a GP. |
| Impetigo | If your child has impetigo, they'll need treatment from a GP, often with antibiotics. Keep them off school until all the sores have crusted over and healed, or for 48 hours after they start antibiotic treatment. Encourage your child to wash their hands regularly and not to share things like towels and cups with other children at school. |
| Ringworm | If your child has ringworm, see your pharmacist unless it's on their scalp, in which case you should see a GP. It's fine for your child to go to school once they have started treatment. |
| Scarlet Fever | If your child has scarlet fever, they'll need treatment with antibiotics from a GP. Otherwise they'll be infectious for 2 to 3 weeks. Your child can go back to school 24 hours after starting antibiotics. |
| Slapped Cheek | You don't need to keep your child off school if they have slapped cheek syndrome because, once the rash appears, they're no longer infectious. But let the school or teacher know if you think your child has slapped cheek syndrome. |
| Sore Throat | You can still send your child to school if they have a sore throat. But if they also have a high temperature, they should stay at home until it goes away.
A sore throat and a high temperature can be symptoms of tonsillitis. |
| Threadworm | You don't need to keep your child off school if they have threadworms. Speak to your pharmacist, who can recommend a treatment. |
| Vomiting & Diarrhoea | Children with diarrhoea or vomiting should stay away from school until they have not been sick or had diarrhoea for at least 2 days (48 hours). |
All information has been taken from the NHS website