This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Give staff the authority to turn away ill children to safeguard classmates
Staff need to be given the authority to turn away children who are clearly unwell to safeguard their classmates from contagious infections. This is especially important when the class includes vulnerable children who have deficiant immunity and a simple 'cold' can result in a hospital admission.
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It is unfair on healthy children to be required to stay off school/nursery due to individuals who have attended with a contagious illness. Just one individual can potentially infect a class resulting in more children being required to miss vital school. Should any of the class be vulnerable, school can be missed for weeks due to their poor immunity.
I propose that children displaying signs of a contagious infection must be clear of symptoms for 24hrs before being allowed to return.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
This appears to be a decision for individual schools and not the UK Government or Parliament. You could speak to the school directly about its sickness policy.
You may find this NHS guidance helpful: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Yourchildatschool/Pages/Illness.aspx
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