If my child has been told by school to self isolate then does that mean whole household does?

[CarpetDiem]

Just that really- I can’t find clearly what rules are

No not if the child has no symptoms.

Did your school explicitly told your child child should isolate? I would hape if so this is based on some sort of solid evidence? in which case the rest of the close family should be careful?

I'd put this under the same scenario as the test and trace guidance. Only the person contacted needs to isolate, unless they have symptoms then the whole household will need to isolate

If it’s because your child has symptoms you all need to isolate & get the child tested to find out if it’s Covid. If it’s because they are sent home as part of a school bubble that has a positive case, only the child has to isolate. Siblings can go to school. You can go to work/shops.

We need to know why the school have said this first.

According to our local council yes (until a test had come back negative).

Only if your child develops symptoms I think.

Only the person who has been in contact with an infected person needs to self isolate, but that includes self isolating from the rest of the household, which is obviously impractical with young children. If it happens to our family, my plan is that I will isolate along with whichever child it is, and the other child and DH will stay at my parents' house and continue going to school/work.

If your child has sent home as part of a bubble closure, no. It is a bit counterintuitive.

Thank you for responses, DS has no symptoms, school did not clarify in the letter & I couldn’t work out what happens next. I’ll check out the council web-site, never thought to look there

Good idea @DebbieFiderer

A negative test does not counteract a request to isolate.

School have updated FB page to clarify, I’ll post a screen shot

Government advice.

Here

'You and everyone else in your household needs to remain at home. Do not go to work, school, or public areas, and do not use public transport or taxis.

Nobody should go out even to buy food or other essentials, and any exercise should be taken within your home.'

Alternative version here

www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools

Point 9 tells schools what they have to do/say in the event of a confirmed case.

'Based on the advice from the health protection team, schools must send home those people who have been in close contact with the person who has tested positive, advising them to self-isolate for 14 days since they were last in close contact with that person when they were infectious'

'Household members of those contacts who are sent home do not need to self-isolate themselves unless the child, young person or staff member who is self-isolating subsequently develops symptoms. If someone in a class or group that has been asked to self-isolate develops symptoms themselves within their 14-day isolation period they should follow guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. '

Sounds like yours is in this category.

And there's more.

'They should get a test, and:

if the test delivers a negative result, they must remain in isolation for the remainder of the 14-day isolation period. This is because they could still develop the coronavirus (COVID-19) within the remaining days.
if the test result is positive, they should inform their setting immediately, and should isolate for at least 10 days from the onset of their symptoms (which could mean the self-isolation ends before or after the original 14-day isolation period). Their household should self-isolate for at least 14 days from when the symptomatic person first had symptoms, following guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection'

Point 10

'If schools have two or more confirmed cases within 14 days, or an overall rise in sickness absence where coronavirus (COVID-19) is suspected, they may have an outbreak and must continue to work with their local health protection team who will be able to advise if additional action is required.

In some cases, health protection teams may recommend that a larger number of other pupils self-isolate at home as a precautionary measure – perhaps the whole site or year group. If schools are implementing controls from this list, addressing the risks they have identified and therefore reducing transmission risks, whole school closure based on cases within the school will not generally be necessary, and should not be considered except on the advice of health protection teams.

In consultation with the local Director of Public Health, where an outbreak in a school is confirmed, a mobile testing unit may be dispatched to test others who may have been in contact with the person who has tested positive. Testing will first focus on the person’s class, followed by their year group, then the whole school if necessary, in line with routine public health outbreak control practice.'

Test and trace will tell you if you need to isolate, if their is a positive case in the school then test and trace do the contact tracing not the school, if a child has gone off with covid symptoms or a member of their house hold is positive and they are off because of that, then your child can go to school. If their is a child who is positive then test and trace will contact family, then school then the parents of the children identified by the school.
If your child does have to isolate you don't have to do it with them you do however have to maintain a distance from them, difficult with children so if it was me I would accept that I am isolating as well, which means you also have to avoid the rest of the household.
If your child gets symptoms then all bets are off and you all isolate until a negative result.
If you think that's tough I have a friend who has had to isolate with one son the whole of shielding meaning no physical contact with her Husband and other son. I have no idea how they did it I met her the other day out and I was the first person she had seen in 5 months outside her house.

and I would report to the LA if the school are not following e guidance their has been to much covidtwattery from schools. Just send them in

@Emma1962

If it’s because your child has symptoms you all need to isolate & get the child tested to find out if it’s Covid. If it’s because they are sent home as part of a school bubble that has a positive case, only the child has to isolate. Siblings can go to school. You can go to work/shops.

Yep, @Emma1962 is right. I’m a teacher, we’ve gone over the rules A LOT lately!