The booklet says pupils should take ‘zero days off’ if they get a range of conditions during term time, which also include head lice, conjunctivitis and threadworm.
And children should take just five days off for chicken pox, whooping cough and mumps, and four days off for measles.Parents were outraged by the guide.
'Zero days off': Children with tonsillitis should carry on going to school, a health guide tells parents. (File image)
Father-of-two Gareth Whittle, from Cardiff, said: ‘I thought it was a joke. I think as parents we are responsible enough to know when and for how long we should keep our children away from school.’
