Positive parents help!

[OliveTree75]

Just wondered if anyone could help clear this up for me.
I'm a primary teacher and not overly concerned about Covid but a situation today really annoyed me.
At home time a child said something along the lines of "Oh there's my Mam, she's got her mask on because she has covid" (child had just returned from having it herself). I went down to office and asked SLT, and they said they had spoken to the Mam and told her it was fine to collect. I queried whether this was even legal to be told it is in the small print.
Is this true? I can't find anything! I know restrictions will be lifting soon but I still felt uncomfortable about the other parents unknowingly standing next to someone with covid.

The only reason to leave isolation is for medical emergencies so parents should not be out in public.

There's a few reasons people are allowed to leave isolation..attend a funeral etc but this isn't one of them!

Yeh that doesn’t seem right. But how else would they get the child picked up? Maybe there wasn’t anyone else to collect or any other way for the child to get home? Often wondered what happens in these situations. But surely if that’s the case then arranging for this child to be collected a few moments before or after the end of school and at the office away from others would have been better idea.

One of the reasons to break quarantine is to 'fulfil legal obligations.'
I wonder if school are bending that rule, as ensuring your child attends school (of registered at school) each day.

I'm not convinced it's really meant to be used that way though - more for if you have to attend court than taking your child to/from school. Even if you are allowed out for a valid reason, or if you have early release after 2 negative tests, you are told you should keep your distance, not be in crowded areas, etc.

Isolation won't be a thing soon. It's against the rules but is she really putting anyone at risk? Assuming school runs are all outside and she had a mask, the risk is minimal.

The parents at my kids school are mainly all still wearing masks to pick up and drop off. Even without masks the risk is minimal with social distancing outside.

The child's had it and needs to be back at school.

I know someone who has tested positive for covid a couple days and is going to fake negative an lft to go to a pre booked event at the weekend as their symptoms are mild and they still want to go.. what the mother is doing is minimal compared to this.

She probably had no other way to get her child home from school. If she was wearing a mask she was probably feeling quite conscious about it.

One of my friend’s kids had Covid, then she got it. So she’s now stuck indoors with a kid who is well past his 10 days with no one to take him to school just because she’s testing positive but not even unwell. She’s a single mum. She’s been stuck indoors for over 2 weeks this is ridiculous and cruel. I told her to ask someone to take him or take him herself anyway. I would’ve offered but I start work at 7am. Common sense ought to prevail.

Our school are letting positive parents drive into the carpark and drop off children there who then walk straight into the office. At hometime, someone from the office will walk the child to the car.

Don't think they'd let parents get out the car, but the risk is probably minimal wearing a mask and being outside...

Her DC has a right to attend school. She can be sanctioned for her DC not attending school. She checked with the school first to see if they were okay with her dropping off/picking up her DD - it's not like she was being sneaky about it!

I couldn’t get worked up about this. In about 6 weeks time no one will have to isolate anymore.