School advice legally binding?

[Jellycatoctopus]

DC finished school yesterday. We have been contacted by the school today advising us to isolate DC till Friday 30th. Having read the guidance post July 19th I was under the impression it was now the test and trace system which has to contact us rather than the school? Can anyone clarify?

Some local authorities asked schools to carry on with contact tracing until the end of term

I also wondered this but there doesn't seem to be a clear answer.
My ds is isolating until Saturday and this is advice from school but the bubble system ended on the 19th and the responsibility is now with test and trace so if not contacted by them then is it not legally binding?!

Does it really matter? Your dc was advised to isolate until 30th, which means he could be infected. Please do the right thing and isolate, and stop possible spread.

I assume it would be legally binding if LA have asked school to continue with contact tracing

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It is not legally binding unless you have been contacted by track and trace.
Many schools have made their own decisions to continue with bubbles until the new school year.
In our case - after just completing isolation for own youngest child - the school contacted at as 5pm on Sunday to shut a primary school bubble for our eldest child.It was a year bubble and the case disclosed by the parent was in the other class. Apart from an outside trip on separate coaches there had been no contact with other class at all that week. School - between a rock and a hard place - decided to shut full year bubble and kept 60 children at home missing the end of term and disrupting families holiday plans.
Then PHE in their wisdom extended the isolation period to 10 days from the test result not from last contact - making up a new isolation period of 13 days. Parents challenged this and got the period changed but loads of parents were hanging on this information to make decisions, work and go on holiday.
For what it is worth, my child is still testing negative.

Personally I would use common sense. Go for walks in quiet places and don't take him to soft play etc. Maybe do a LFT in a few days.

Unless your child only mixes in school with the children of people you know very well and hold the contact details for, it’s only the schools which are likely to be able to provide the information test and trace need to be able to test and trace. Obviously you could argue that you shouldn’t have to isolate until an incompetent organisation has got through the list of contact details provided by the school, rather than relying on what the school tells you, but honestly, I question the reasoning behind pretending Test and Trace will ever be able to track a child’s contacts properly, and the rules on isolation do not change until August. So the current situation is just another example of Government incompetence.

*track and trace