If your child has an accident or becomes ill whilst at school and we think your child should go home the following steps will be taken:
- We will get in touch with you or your immediate response contact as soon as possible.
- In the unlikely event that we cannot contact anyone and your child is in need of medical attention then a member of staff will take your child to Forres Health Centre or Dr Gray’s Emergency unit. Ideally it should be two members of staff, one to drive and the other in case your child is unwell on the way, but being a small school we may not have two members of staff available to do this.
- In an emergency, an ambulance will be called and in most cases the child will be taken to Dr Gray’s. Again you will be contacted as quickly as possible.
- It is most important that we can contact parents at home or at work and, where this is not possible, someone who is known to the child.
NOTE: IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP YOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT AND IMMEDIATE RESPONSE NUMBERS UP TO DATE (a copy will be kept at the back of your child’s homelink folder but please let the school know in the first instance).
The following guidelines are from Grampian Health Board with recommended absence times for children with infectious illnesses.
| Illness | Exclusion Period from School |
| Chickenpox | For 5 Days after rash appears |
| Conjunctivitis | Until symptoms settle or given antibiotic treatment for 24hrs |
| Diarrhoea and or Vomiting | Until free of symptoms for at least 48 hours. A longer period of exclusion may be appropriate for children under age 5 and older children unable to maintain good personal hygiene |
| Hand, Foot and Mouth | None |
| Hepatitis A | For 7 days after onset of jaundice |
| Impetigo | Until lesions are crusted or healed or until 48hrs of antibiotic treatment |
| Measles | For 5 days after rash appears |
| Mumps | For 7 days after onset of swollen glands or onset of symptoms |
| Ringworm | None – proper treatment by the GP is important. Scalp ringworm needs treatment with an oral antifungal. |
| Rubella (German Measles) | For 5 days after the onset of the rash |
| Scabies | Until 1st initial treatment |
| Scarlet fever | For 48hrs after commencing antibiotics |
| Threadworms | None – but needs treatment |
| Whooping Cough | For 5 days after commencing antibiotics |
