🏥 When Your Child Is Unwell

NHS Guidance for Parents

Knowing when to keep your child off school due to illness can be tricky. The NHS offers clear, helpful advice to support your decisions.
📄 Download: When You Should Keep Your Child Off or In School (PDF)

🦠 Common Illnesses – NHS Advice on:

• 🧼 Headlice & Nits

• 😷 Measles

• 🤢 Diarrhoea & Sickness

• 🌀 Ringworm

• 🌟 Impetigo

• 🐔 Chickenpox

• 👋 Slapped Cheek Syndrome

🧩 Access to Support Services

🧡 Early Help & Preventative Services (EHPS)

Kent’s Early Help teams support children, young people, and families who may need extra help with education, relationships, behaviour, or emotional well-being.

📄 Download: EHPS Family Information Leaflet (PDF)
💬 If you're unsure whether a referral is right for your family, feel free to pop into school to chat with a member of staff.

🏫 Kent School Public Health Service

Supporting the health and well-being of school-aged children (4–19 years), the Kent School Health Team offers advice and support for:

• 🧠 Emotional well-being

• 🩺 Physical health concerns

• 🧒 Healthy development

🌐 Make a referral online
Parents and carers can self-refer using this simple form.

https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/forms/school-health-service-referral-form/