Medical Information
On this page you will find lots of useful links about child health and wellbeing.
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It can be tricky deciding whether or not to keep your child off school when they're unwell. There are government guidelines for schools about managing specific infectious diseases, see the A to Z of Childhood Illness link below. These say when children should be kept off school and when they shouldn't.
Another useful link ~ Is my child too ill for school? is also noted below.
A reminder that, if you do keep your child at home, you must phone school on each day of their absence and let us know that your child won't be in school and give us the reason
The National Child Measurement Programme
Each school year the School Nursing team come into school to measure and weigh Reception and Year 6 children. Below are links with lots of information about why this happens and how to help keep your child fit and healthy.
