Self isolating child and siblings in different bubbles

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So if a child has been instructed to isolate at home due to being in a bubble with a confirmed case. What happens to the sibling who are in a different bubble and need the parent to take them to school? Does this mean that they can't go to school either because it would be against the rules to take isolating child on the school run? All the children are too young to go to school alone. Thanks for any advice

Afaik the isolating dc without symptoms - siblings need to attend school.. Any symptoms all siblings have to self isolate for 14 days.

Tricky one. Have you spoke to the school maybe they can advise on what to do. If the child isolating can't leave the house I guess you don't have a lot of choice. Sorry I can't be more help! I feel for you, it's hard being on your own in normal circumstances let alone at the moment.

Isolating child may not leave home. Ask another parent to take your child to and fro for this fortnight?

The only parents I know are in the same bubble. I guess I'll speak with the school. I keep thinking there's a way round this. I'm not actually alone but my partner was made redundant in August and he has a new job now but it's zero hours and you're essentially on trial for the first 3 months. We don't want to screw that up, if it came to it we would forfeit the schooling to keep the job. If they keep closing the bubbles this could go on and on - no?

I just realised I can't even approach a random parent because I'll be with isolating child!

We had this situation (for a day!). I offered to help another parent I knew was unable to get their other child to school. I overheard them speaking to the head explaining they couldn't get their child in if the other couldn't leave the house. Head said just do whatever you have to ie. Keep both home if necessary.

A year group at my ds's school has closed a bubble.

Many parents are walking all their children to school and just taking the 'isolating' child home again. It doesn't work, but school isn't saying anything except find alternatives (and not really noticing/caring if they don't).

I am leaving my isolated child home alone for 10 minutes with a pad whilst I drive the other one 5 minutes down the road.
Not ideal but needs must. The isolating one is old enough to manage 10 minutes. If roles were reversed younger one had to isolate I would stay with them while older one walked to and from.
If the school was further away or both were same age and/or atypical I would be screwed. Fortunately, I drive so worst case is isolating would stay in the car. But isolating children are meant to stay in their houses for 14 days and do not pass go.
Any doing the school run are breaking guidelines (even if the sibling being allowed to attend and myself also not isolating makes the whole thing farcical anyway).
You have my sympathies

Personally I think that if you don't have anyone to take your child to school and child can't go on their own, then you have no choice to keep you other child home as well.

It's not ideal, but it's not really your fault if you can't get them there. You are following the rules.

We had this a few weeks ago that DH couldn't take DC2 on days that I was at work because he couldn't leave DC1 alone in the house twice a day. The school were ok with it and said there were plenty of others in the same situation. It wasn't ideal for DC2 to miss out on school, but we didn't really have a choice, as we didn't know anyone who could take DC2. After a few days of DC1's year group's self-isolation there was a text message from the school asking parents not to bring their isolating child on the school run to drop off/ collect siblings, so other people were obviously just avoiding the problem.