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The number of early years settings reporting incidents of coronavirus nearly doubled during the week of 11 January
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Covid cases in early years settings nearly double in a week

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'Playground closures are 'catastrophic for children’s mental health, fitness, development and well-being', says the API
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Play spaces must be kept open, or children will suffer, sector warns

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Private and voluntary nurseries have to access lateral flow tests themselves by sending staff to community testing sites, unlike schools and maintained nurseries that are sent test kits
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Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

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Children in London ‘at risk’ of falling behind due to the pandemic

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A growing number of nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are having to temporarily close because of Covid-19
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Coronavirus: Nurseries report increase in temporary closures

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There are plans to reopen schools and nurseries later this month in Scotland
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Scottish nurseries set to reopen in three weeks

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The Children's Commissioner report highlights the impact that Covid has had on children's mental health
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Children’s mental health services need ‘rocket boost’ in funding

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The survey found that a third of early years practitioners feel unable to cope with the extra pressures of the pandemic
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Coronavirus: One in five early years workers 'want to leave the sector' - survey

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Ceeda analysis suggests that there are around 8,000 early years workers that are unable to a access a school place
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Thousands of early years staff unable to access key worker places at school for their own children

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Childminders in Scotland, whose businesses have suffered during the pandemic, will be able to apply for government grants
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Coronavirus: Scottish government launches £1m fund for childminders

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Some early years workers will receive the vaccine as priority health and social care workers
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Exclusive: Some early years workers set to receive Covid-19 vaccine as a priority

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Teacher Covid-absences ‘significantly higher’ than pupils

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Nurseries must notify Ofsted if there has been a positive test for Covid-19 in their setting, but the data does not show the number of positive cases among staff and children, which means there could be multiple cases
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Concern as reports of Covid in early years settings more than double in a week

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The NEU and Unison say that early years settings should be closed in line with schools
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Coronavirus: Survey reveals 'serious concerns' among early years workers about their safety

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School nurseries to receive top-up for census funding shortfalls

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Nurseries, pre-schools and childminders have been told they must go to community testing sites to access asymptomatic testing, while early years workers in schools will receive home testing kits
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Government adviser incorrectly says all early years staff eligible for regular testing

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