The findings from a snap poll of more than a thousand providers by the Early Years Alliance also show that nearly a third of childcare settings have had to fully close at least once since the beginning of June, due to rules stating that anyone that comes into contact with a positive Covid-19 case must isolate for 10 days.
Chief executive of the Alliance, Neil Leitch, called on the Government to include the early years workforce on the self-isolation exemption list, before the ‘vital services the sector provides are put at any greater risk’.
The poll which received 1,043 responses from childcare providers, carried out last week (28-29 July), found that those in the North-West and Yorkshire and Humber were more likely to say they had been forced to fully and/or partially close due to staffing shortages because of self-isolation rules, than those in London and the East Midlands.
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