Health & Wellbeing Guidance for Families - When Should My Child Stay at Home?

Health & Wellbeing Guidance

When Should My Child Stay at Home?

A calm, clear and parent-friendly illness guidance poster designed specifically for small early years settings.

In intimate, relationship-based environments, illness impacts everyone quickly. This beautifully designed poster helps you communicate your expectations around attendance during illness, without sounding clinical, harsh or policy-heavy.

Rooted in kindness and community care, this resource supports you to:

• Clearly outline when children should remain at home• Reinforce 48-hour sickness guidance• Explain why small settings cannot provide 1:1 care for unwell children• Encourage open communication before arrival• Protect children, families and your setting as a whole

This isn’t about exclusion. It’s about wellbeing, safety and shared responsibility.

The tone reflects responsive early years practice, calm, respectful and firm where needed, helping parents understand that home is sometimes the kindest place for a poorly child.

What’s Included:

• High-resolution PDF poster• Designed for noticeboards, clipboards or parent welcome packs• Print-ready format (A4, easily scalable to A3)

Important:

This is a digital download. Individual licence use only. For use within one setting only. Not for redistribution, resale or sharing.

Created with small settings in mind, where relationships matter, and clear communication builds trust.

— The Early Years Edit 🤍