When To Keep Your Child At Home From School (Printable Chart)

As a parent, it can be hard to know when your child should go to school and when they should stay at home.

Children can be expert manipulators when it comes to feigning illness to get a day off! However, it’s important to know when they are truly poorly and when they are trying their luck to wag a day off school.

Even if you’re fully trained and up to date with your first aid courses, you’re probably not familiar with every infection or illness out there.

Printable Chart For Taking Time Off School With Illness

Illnesses are a minefield and if your child is at school or nursery then it may seem like an endless number of illnesses are being brought home.

In some cases, the most responsible thing you can do is make sure they are cared for so they can get better and not spread whatever illness they may have… But with so many potential illnesses, how can you possibly know what to do?

… With the help of this handy, printable chart.

It covers all the major illnesses you are likely to encounter. You may need clarification from your GP before you can be 100% sure of each illness.

We urge that you get a professional, medical opinion first but then feel free to use this handy guide to work out how long your little ones need to stay at home.