I'm sure others will have been in this situation so I'm hoping you don't mind sharing your experiences.
I'm due in the next couple of weeks. We've been advised by the midwifery team to isolate as much as possible in the run up to the birth to reduce the chances of catching covid. This isn't a huge problem for me or my partner as I'm now on maternity leave and he can work from home, we can do online shopping etc. However, we have a child in primary school and every other day we are getting emails informing us of another case in their class. As this is our only real risk factor we have decided to pull our child from classes for the next couple of weeks and home school. The school aren't being particularly helpful and most likely won't authorise the absence. I had hoped to work with them on this but it looks like I'll have to make this choice anyway.
Has anyone had any luck getting this type of absence authorised? Or any advice at all?
I had hoped to nap lots before the baby arrives 
(wishful thinking) so I haven't taken the decision to home school lightly.