COVID Symptoms Response Poster
COVID-19 (coronavirus) absence:
A quick guide for parents / carers
Please follow the advice in this guide. Please only contact the school if your child is having a test and to let us know the result. Your school will not be able to advise beyond the information given here. Please remember to only get tested if you have COVID-19 symptoms.
YOU SHOULD BOOK A TEST IF YOUR CHILD HAS: |
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a high temperature, or |
a new continuous cough, or |
a loss of or change to your sense of smell or taste |
This means they feel hot to touch on their chest or back (you do not need to measure their temperature). |
This means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or three or more episodes in 24 hours (if they usually have a cough it may be worse than usual) |
This means they've noticed they cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal. |
If your child DOES NOT have symptoms of COVID-19 but has other cold-like symptoms, such as a runny nose, they do not need to be tested and they or members of your household do not need to self-isolate. Your child can attend school if fit to do so. |
What to do if… |
Action needed |
Back to school… |
My child has COVID-19 (coronavirus) symptoms* |
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…when child’s test comes back negative and symptom free for 48 hours |
My child tests positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus) |
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…when child feels better, and has been without a fever for at least 48 hours They can return to school after 10 days even if they have a cough or loss of smell / taste. These symptoms can last for several weeks once the infection is gone. |
* Symptoms include at least one of a high temperature; a new continuous cough; a loss of or change to your sense of smell or taste. See more at:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/
What to do if… |
Action needed |
Back to school… |
Somebody in my household has COVID-19 (coronavirus) symptoms* |
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…when household member test is negative, and child does not have COVID-19 symptoms* |
Somebody in my household has tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus) |
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…when child has completed 14 days of self-isolation, even if they test negative during the 14 days |
NHS Test and Trace has identified my child as a ‘close contact’ of somebody with symptoms* or confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus) |
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…when the child has completed 14 days of self-isolation, even if they test negative during those 14 days |
We / my child has travelled and has to self-isolate as part of a period of quarantine |
Returning from a destination where quarantine is needed:
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…when the quarantine period of 14 days has been completed for the child, even if they test negative during those 14 days |
We have received advice from a medical / official source that my child must resume shielding |
Contact school as advised by attendance officer / pastoral team
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…when school / other agencies inform you that restrictions have been lifted and your child can return to school again |
* Symptoms include at least one of a high temperature; a new continuous cough; a loss of or change to your sense of smell or taste. See more at:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/