The early years workers were surveyed soon after Boris Johnson’s call for children in early years, Reception, and Years 1 and 6, to return to schools in England today.
The survey found that 77 per cent did not feel that their nursery would have the resources to cope with the extra responsibility of putting health, safety and risk assessments in place in time for 1 June.
Just 2 per cent of early years staff surveyed felt reassured by the prime minister saying it was safe to open schools more widely from 1 June.
An overwhelming majority of those surveyed did not feel reassured by Government claims that schools and nurseries in England were safe to open to more pupils from today.
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