Illnesses

How long do I keep my child off school?

 

There are a variety of childhood illnesses that, for the majority of the time, cannot be avoided when children are attending school in close proximity to each other. Below is a helpful poster from the Public Health Agency. It shows how long children need to be off school if they have any of these common illnesses.

PHA-sickness-absence chart

For further information, please see our school attendance policy.