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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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Conversations must lead to government action

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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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Cotswold Montessori School had to close for two weeks
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Big drop in attendance adds to sector’s funding concerns

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Local authorities kept back more than £55m in early education funding in 2019/20, according to the FOI findings
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Councils have millions in unspent early years funding, investigation reveals

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The clothing fund will enable more children to learn outdoors in all weathers
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Scotland: £1m outdoor clothing fund launched

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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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Nichola Salvato brought the case against the DWP over upfront childcare costs for universal credit claimants PHOTO Leigh Day
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Single mum wins landmark Universal Credit court case

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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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Government policies wilfully impoverish the most vulnerable

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