My child attends primary school and has been back for a number of weeks. Upon returning, it seemed to me that, compared to other schools, our school's approach to setting in place risk management procedures are a bit sloppy. By this, I am referring to the way the kids enter and leave the school, how they are merged with another year group at play time and the sharing of toys etc between two different year group bubbles. We also received a letter to say that a child had tested positive for Covid and that the child had been "isolated", however none of the other children in the class seem to have been sent home and the school will not share which year group was affected. In addition to this, an older sibling of a child in my class was sent home from the middle school, as he had been sitting next to a child with Covid. Only two children were send home from the middle school and the next day the younger sibling of the child who had been sent home was in the class with my child. Surely that whole family was expected to isolate themselves? This is all of particular concern to me, as I have my elderly mother living with us and she is in the high risk group and I know several other families are in the same situation.
I contacted our local council to ask about the schools strategy for minimising risk, but they just told me that they devolve government guidance to schools and each school does their own risk assessment.
Can anyone let me know if they are experiencing similar issues and how they are dealing with it. Other than going to the school (which I have only ever contacted once before and received no response), there seems to be no point of contact for concerned parents.