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Coronavirus: Council provides £300,000 to keep settings open for Easter break

Funding
Key worker parents in Wales will have their childcare paid for under the coronavirus childcare assistance scheme
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Wales puts 30 hour childcare on hold to pay for key worker children

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Josh Cottell, senior researcher, Education Policy Institute
Opinion

What does the coronavirus mean for the early years workforce? 

Coronavirus
Early years staff will be able to move in and out of temporary paid leave during the Covid-19 crisis
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Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

Coronavirus
Children's minister Maree Todd on an earlier visit to a nursery
News

Scotland puts childcare expansion on hold

Policy & Politics
PACEY has launched a survey for childcare providers examining the impact of forced closure
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Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed

Policy & Politics
Of those that have closed their setting, 46 per cent said they plan to reopen within three months to a year
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Coronavirus: Nearly half of childminders could stay closed for up to a year

Provision
The DfE has published guidance for early years settings on Covid-19
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DfE publishes guidance for early years settings on coronavirus

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Sarah Steel, MD of Old Station Nursery
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Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Management
The petition calling for emergency funding for nurseries if they have to close
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Coronavirus: Providers back petition for emergency funding to save parents paying fees

Coronavirus
All nurseries in England will be exempt from business rates for 12 months from 1 April 2020
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Nurseries to be exempt from business rates, as Government brings in powers to close or keep them open

Policy & Politics
Nurseries are warning the Government that without specific support, such as exemption from business rates, they will not be able to stay open to help families during the coronavirus crisis
News

Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis

Provision
Early years settings want clarification about what Government help will be available to them
News

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders call for more support to ensure survival of settings

Coronavirus
The DfE has confirmed that funding would still be paid to childcare providers if they had to close or a child had to self isolate due to the Coronavirus
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Coronavirus: Government confirms settings will receive childcare funding if they have to close

Coronavirus
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Nursery Management: Funding - Make or break

Funding
Features

Nursery Management: Funding - Don’t hold back

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