Self isolating child

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Hi all,

DC was sent home from school today due to another child in the class receiving a positive Covid result. (Household does not need to isolate unless DC becomes unwell) Am I right in thinking that DC must remain with me for the duration of the recommended isolation and cannot stay for their usual allocated night with their NRP?

I can't seem to find any links to state that the child must remain with me, so if anyone can point me in the right direction so that I can inform NRP with backed up evidence, it would be very much appreciated!x

No idea what NRP means. DD has to isolate until 21/12/20 inclusive due to three positive cases in her year group. She can’t leave the house is only allowed in the front garden so would say if NRP involves leaving the house or going further than than back garden it isn’t allowed.

Sorry Randomrebel, it means Non Resident parent... DC splits their time between myself and my ex partner.

That's what I was thinking though, so thank you 🙂

This might help from NHS website.

Have you had your letter from the school? It may address the situation on that. I’m self isolating due to a case in my class and the letter was pretty prescriptive.

@Randomrebel

No idea what NRP means. DD has to isolate until 21/12/20 inclusive due to three positive cases in her year group. She can’t leave the house is only allowed in the front garden so would say if NRP involves leaving the house or going further than than back garden it isn’t allowed.

Why only the front garden?

I would have thought that the back garden would be less risky as no passers by.

I haven't seen any guidance from my DCs school about which garden they could go in. What if you only have a back garden?

You need to look at the house of commons guidance. I can't link but it will come up if you Google.

Sorry I meant back garden. Just a friend was isolating as her son had a positive test and track and trace said her DH wasn’t allowed in the front garden to wash his car only the back garden. I was thinking of this as I typed.

What nonsense. If they are within the boundary of the property with noone else nearby then of course they could be in their front garden as well as the back garden.

I thought covid wasn't supposed to be used as an excuse for contact not to take place where parents do not live together

Although OP it would be sensible for them to stay where they are until their isolation has finished

dementedpixie I didn't think it was either, but not sure if that's the case when it's a child isolating due to their class having been in contact 😬

researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8901/CBP-8901.pdf

Hope this works. It is info about separated parents and children moving between households

Under The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England)

Regulations 2020, as amended, which came into force on 28 September 2020, if an adult is notified (other than via the NHS Covid-19 smartphone app) that their child has had close contact with somebody who has tested positive for coronavirus, the adult must “secure, so far as reasonably practicable, that the child self-isolates” for ten days.

A person subject to the self-isolation requirement must not leave their home except for a list of reasons specified in paragraph 2(3) of the regulations – e.g. where it is necessary to seek medical assistance. Visiting a parent whom a child was not living with at the time they were notified of the requirement to self-isolate is not specifically listed as a reason why a child self-isolating may leave the house.

In response to a Parliamentary Question in November 2020, the Department of Health and Social Care said that “if a child has been instructed to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace […] where possible, the parents or guardians should arrange for a child to remain at the same address during their period of self-isolation”.