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14/09/2020Quick Guide COVID-19 Related Pupil Absence
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Covid-19 related pupil absence A quick reference guide for parents and staff (September 2020) |
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What to do if… |
Action Needed |
Return to school when… |
…my child has Covid-19 symptoms. |
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…the test comes back negative or a period of 10 days has passed since the symptoms started, and the child feels well. |
…my child tests positive for Covid-19. |
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…10 days have passed since symptoms began, even if they still have a cough or loss of taste/smell. (These symptoms can last for several weeks.) AND the child feels well. |
…my child tests negative. |
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…the test comes back negative. |
…my child is ill with symptoms not linked to Covid-19. |
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…after 48 hours following the last bout of sickness or diarrhoea (as per attendance policy) |
…someone in my household has Covid-19 symptoms. |
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…the test comes back negative. |
…someone in my household tests positive for Covid-19. |
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…the child has completed 14 days of isolation. |
…NHS test and trace has identified my child as a close contact of somebody with symptoms or confirmed Covid-19. |
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…the child has completed 14 days of isolation. |
…NHS test and trace has identified a household member (other than my child) as a close contact of somebody with symptoms or confirmed Covid-19. |
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…child can continue to attend school. |
… a sibling attending another school has been sent home to self-isolate due to their being a positive case in their school. |
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…child can continue to attend school. |
… my child has travelled abroad from a country or territory that is NOT on the exempt list of countries. |
*Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) for up to date travel information |
…the quarantine period of 14 days has been completed. |
… my child has travelled abroad from a country or territory that IS on the exempt list of countries. |
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… you have informed the office of your return to the UK (the office will ask you a few questions about your travel). |
…I have travelled from a country that requires us to quarantine (but my child didn’t travel). |
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…child can continue to attend school. |
…we have received medical advice that my child must resume shielding. |
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…school inform you that restrictions have been lifted and your child can return to school again. …you receive medical advice that your child may return to school. |
…my child’s bubble is closed due to a Covid-19 outbreak in school. |
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…school inform you that the bubble will be reopened. |
… I am unable to get a test for someone in the household who has symptoms |
If you are not able to get a test in the first 5 days of having symptoms, your child and anyone they live with must stay at home and self-isolate for 14 days. Anyone in your support bubble must also stay at home. |
…the child has completed 14 days of isolation. |
Main symptoms
The main symptoms of coronavirus are:
- a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
- a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
- a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal
Most people with coronavirus have at least 1 of these symptoms.
As the guidance is constantly changing, please check NHS Guidance on COVID symptoms in children regularly, and especially if you are worried your child may be showing symptoms.
It can be found here-
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/
School telephone number is 01304 201151
Email test results to: sam.white@astor.dfamat.com