Freedom Day Care Nursery & Freedom Pre-School
Caring and highly trained staff, in a safe, nurturing and enabling environment, for your babies and children
Sickness Policy
We are required to consider the Health and Safety of all the children in our care and therefore we
must insist that parents do not bring their children when sick or infectious.
Below is a list of recommended exclusion periods for specific symptoms/conditions.
Minimum Exclusion Periods for Illness and Disease
DISEASE
PERIOD OF EXCLUSION
Antibiotics prescribed
First 24 hours
Chicken Pox
7 days from when the rash first appeared
Conjunctivitis
24 hours or until the eyes have stopped
weeping
Diarrhoea/Sickness
48 hours
Diphtheria
2-5 days
Gastro-enteritis, food poisoning,
Salmonella and Dysentery
24 hours or until advised by the doctor
Glandular Fever
Until certified well
Hand, Foot and Mouth disease
During acute phase & while rash & ulcers are
present.
Hepatitis A
7 days from onset of jaundice & when
recovered
Hepatitis B
Until clinically well
High temperature
24 hours
Impetigo
The skin has been treated and the infection
has completely cleared up.
Infective hepatitis
7 days from the onset
Measles
7 days from when the rash first appeared
Meningitis
Until certified well
Mumps
7 days minimum or until the swelling has
subsided
Head lice
Until treatment has been given
Pertussis (Whooping cough)
21 days from the onset
Plantar warts
Should be treated and covered
Ringworm of scalp
Until cured
Ringworm of the body
Until treatment has been given
Updated April 2012
Rubella (German Measles)
4 days from onset of rash
Scabies
Until treatment has been given
Scarlet fever
Until declared free from infection by a doctor
Streptococcal infection of the throat
3 days from the start of the treatment
Warts (including Verrucae)
Exclusion not necessary. Sufferer should keep
feet covered.
This is the minimum length of time your child must not attend the nursery. However, these exclusion
periods are the time the child is considered infectious e.g., a risk to others. The list does not specify
how long it will take the child to recover and cannot be used as an indication of when the child will
be well enough to attend the childcare setting. Therefore parents should not bring their child to the
childcare setting at the end of the exclusion period unless their child is sufficiently recovered from
the symptoms/conditions and fully able to participate in our daily routine.
If you are in any doubt as to whether we can care for your child please telephone beforehand
explaining their symptoms and we will let you know whether we are prepared to admit your child
on that particular day, having considered the other children. Please don’t turn up with a potentially
infectious child and expect us to make a snap decision on the doorstep. We must STRESS this again -if you are unsure whether or not it is okay to bring your child, please call ahead to ask us. We may
require a doctor's decision as to whether or not the child is contagious. We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
If a child should become ill whilst in our care we will contact you or your designated Emergency
contact and will expect the child to be collected within one hour. If you work a long way away we
suggest you may need a back up plan of somebody who could collect your child in the event of
illness, this would be detailed on your registration form.
If your child is not attending due to illness please endeavour to ring the nursery before 10 am to let
us know about their absence and expected date of return.
Updated April 2012