Are your whole bubbles needing to isolate?

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The inevitable has happened and there has been a confirmed case at DDs school. The whole year 2 bubble of 60 kids has been told they have to isolate for 14 days. Fine, that's what they'll do.

But I've just read a bit of stuff on here, plus a new NHS document shared by a friend, that suggests not all are / need to take a whole bubble isolation approach.

What has happened in others experience?

We’re just isolating close contacts (secondary)

A friend’s school is the same. A kid in the bubble has a positive test - whole bubble sent home to isolate.

This was secondary

3 schools local to me (secondary) are isolating the full year groups + those they share transport with (2x y9 & a y7 group). I think it depends on the school/LEA

I think it is wise the whole bubble isolates as the people deciding who are close contacts won’t know who they stood next to in the lunch queue or who their close contacts have had close contact with etc etc

I think the school rings and gets advice so the advice might change deoending on circumstances.

We'll do what we need to do, of course. It feels like the start of a veeeeeerery long winter!

I prefer whole bubble stay at home but should be with lessons provided online

@PotteringAlong who’s ‘we’ it’s not up to the schools who isolates it’ll be the test and protect service that decides who would need to isolate in a confirmed positive case.

I do believe that it's only the children that are in the bubble that have to isolate, family members are not included. That's what I saw on the news last week anyway but it may of changed since then. Doesn't make sense though because if DC's do have it then the chances are that their family members will also get it but they'll be out spreading it around!!

No cases in either school but policy

• primary not told us
• secondary will isolate bubble for a confirmed case and shut the whole school for three.

Schools were having to contact PHE whenever they got a positive test result and were then told what to do. I think that it changing and DfE will now advise if one positive result, if more than one PHE gets involved. It is not the school that makes the decision. Whether whole year group
goes home probably depends on how good the contact system is and whether there is any chance of SD.

DD's school closed today tor 2 weeks to try and stop Covid spreading. Last week they sent rather whole of 2 different years home on 2 different days