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The research, carried out by Ofsted, outlines what 'high-quality' early years curriculum and...
Follow the latest stories and advice on the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on early years settings, schools and families
The research, carried out by Ofsted, outlines what 'high-quality' early years curriculum and...
Having childcare ‘substantially’ boosts women’s mental health, research into the impact of school...
Law firm Fieldfisher is planning to push ahead with legal action on behalf of dozens of nurseries...
There has been a rise in the number of school staff catching Covid, with those working in primary...
The prime minister has further agreed to widen the scope of the Covid inquiry to include the impact...
New research shows that attendance in early years settings was ‘lower than expected’ in areas with...
A new study will explore how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected health visiting services across the...
The pandemic adversely affected young children’s development with fewer reaching ‘expected’ levels...
The UK public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the Covid pandemic will now include the...
Reported notifications of Covid in early years settings during the recent Omicron wave were far...
Three new reports from the Department for Education outline how childcare settings across the...
After tomorrow (Friday) only children with ‘a high temperature’ will be advised to self-isolate for...
The sector has forced a Government U-turn over rules which stated that childminders with a positive...
School closures due to the Coronavirus pandemic most impacted the learning of the youngest primary...
Covid has seen professionals cut staff, use reserves and even sell belongings, but researchers say...
Early years settings have questioned the Government’s decision to scrap twice-weekly testing in...
Early years settings will no longer be required to report incidences of confirmed Covid-19 cases to...
The number of early years staff absent from work because of Covid-19 has dropped slightly, reveal...
The number of early years settings with Covid cases jumped from 2,933 at the beginning of last month...
While the number of nursery staff off with Covid has largely fallen, the percentage of children with...
New statistics published by the Department for Education (DfE) show that 13 per cent of staff...
Rising energy bills will push the poorest families even deeper into poverty, according to an...
Effective from today (Monday 17 January), children and adults who catch Coronavirus only need to...
Around one in five early years staff were off work due to Covid during the first week of the new...
New findings reveal that the most deprived state schools were almost three times more likely than...
The Department for Education has confirmed that early years settings struggling with staff absences...
Early years sector organisations are calling on the Government to set out plans to keep settings...
Nurseries across England, Scotland and Wales are being encouraged to fill in a survey designed to...
The Department for Education has updated its Covid guidance for early years settings to reflect the...
Nearly 1 in 10 schools had more than 20 per cent of their teaching staff off due to Covid on the...
New research suggests the Government’s open window policy to increase ventilation in schools is...
While the return of the sick pay scheme is good news for the sector, the business grants announced...
Nursery head Marley Westell tells Nursery World how Covid is impacting upon her setting and ability...
Nurseries and childminders could be faced with having to turn parents away or close their setting,...
In a change to guidance published earlier in the week, new advice from the Government is that...
Many early years providers are prioritising communication and language, personal, social and...
Children under five who are close contacts of a positive Covid case no longer need to take a test or...
The number of early years settings with Covid cases rose by 38 per cent in a week, the latest...
Children as young as five could be offered the Covid-19 vaccination if approved by the UK’s...
Teaching unions have criticised the Government for failing to put more safety measures in place to...
The pandemic has created a widening inequality gap between children living in the North and South of...
Ofsted’s annual report for 2020/21, published today, highlights the impact of the pandemic on...
The pandemic has left its mark on all of us, but particularly young children and their physical...
The number of children absent from school due to Covid has risen by 60 per cent in the past two...
All early years providers will receive CO2 monitors, designed to improved ventilation and prevent...
The Government has announced additional safety measures for early years settings and schools to...
The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened food insecurity among families, children’s physical activity...
NatCen researcher Bea Taylor looks at the findings from a follow-up to the SEED longterm study,...
More than 80 per cent of children failed to meet the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity per...
Children’s social and emotional development does not appear to have changed much during the...