@sirfredfredgeorge
Unfortunately they have gone back to sending home whole yeargroups in secondary schools where I live
And schools here are not even doing the advice right - child in school Friday, kid tests positive on Tuesday, school decides the 10 day isolation starts on Tuesday. So whole class out for days extra than required because track & trace delegated to schools, but schools are incompetent and no way to complain.
And obviously, like with any measure, once you don't trust them, people don't bother.
Sorry, just catching up here:
Surely unfair, @sirfredfredgeorge, to say schools (all schools??) are incompetent, as piggy said, they had never set out to work as public health professionals! And, as she also said, they absolutely have to follow what they are told to do by local PH and /or the DfE special helpline.
Interpretation of the DfE’s Guidance on some matters - but not isolation - does depend in part on the individual Head’s attitude and understanding, although this should be overseen by governors and contributed to by senior colleagues.
There surely could be other, hidden, factors at play in the specific example you give.
If schools are returning to isolating whole year groups that must be because of concerns from their local public health teams.