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Nurseries expected to stay open for key workers from Monday

Friday, March 20, 2020

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Nursery workers and teachers are on the list of key workers whose children will still be able to attend nursery or school during the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: Early years settings and schools no longer expected to carry out contact tracing

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Monday, July 19, 2021

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From today, early years settings and schools will no longer be responsible for contacting parents about positive cases in their child’s class or bubble, as contact tracing responsibility in education moves to NHS Test and Trace.

Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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A quarter of nurseries (25 per cent) in England, Wales and Scotland had to partially close between March and May, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association and the Education Policy Institute.

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

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Childcare providers will receive funding based on actual attendance numbers during this year's summer and autumn terms, in a move designed to protect their funding, as children return to early years settings.

Coronavirus: Seventy nurseries signed up to bring potential lawsuit against insurance broker

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

| Nursery World

Law firm Fieldfisher is planning to push ahead with legal action on behalf of dozens of nurseries against insurance broker Pound Gates for recommending business interruption insurance policies that failed to pay out during the pandemic.

Coronavirus: Long road to recovery for childcare settings, finds survey

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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

| Nursery World

New research suggests there will be no quick bounce back for nurseries and pre-schools in the autumn term following the coronavirus lockdown.

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| Nursery World

With the autumn term under way, thousands of early years providers are already feeling the knock-on effect of the pandemic, as much lower numbers of children have returned or taken up new places.

Coronavirus: All PVI nurseries to be sent home-testing kits

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Monday, February 22, 2021

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All staff at private, voluntary and independent nurseries and pre-schools will have access to rapid Covid tests to use twice weekly at home, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

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Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 20 of the UK's leading nursery operators and early years organisations have formed a working group to co-ordinate responses and lobbying on the coronavirus crisis.

North-west nursery group adds three more settings

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Friday, July 31, 2020

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The Village Nursery Group has recently acquired three settings bringing the total owned up to nine nurseries.

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

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The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) are launching the second survey in their year-long research project, looking at the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

| Nursery World

Local authorities will receive early years funding for the autumn term on the basis of how many children were attending settings before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Coronavirus: Group of major providers calls for delayed school start for young children

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

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The Covid-19 response group, formed by more than 70 childcare groups and the sector membership organisations, has called on the Government to allow children to delay starting Reception until January or April 2021 and to stay at their early years settings instead.

Early years settings divided on readiness to reopen for more children

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

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With early years settings and schools expected to reopen to more children from 1 June, the sector is split between those who say they are ready and those who are worried that they cannot guarantee the safety of children and staff amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Early years sector and parents divided on reopening settings

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Monday, June 1, 2020

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Nurseries and childminders in England are fighting to survive, as new research suggests that just over four in 10 parents of under-fives are planning to return today, with many providers also uncertain about when to reopen.

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

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While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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Early years settings and schools have been thrown into confusion following the Government's change to the rules on tracking coronavirus cases and self-isolation, as the number of Covid-related absences among children and staff continues to rise.

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

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Early years settings have questioned the Government’s decision to scrap twice-weekly testing in early years settings and have raised concerns about plans to end self-isolation for positive Covid cases.

From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

Opinion

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Who would have anticipated that a virus we had never heard of could be the last straw to the survival of the early years sector, already weakened by years of under-funding? June O' Sullivan, CEO of nursery group LEYF, on coronavirus challenges

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

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Children 1st has secured a £1.6 million loan to support the business during the coronavirus crisis and keep nurseries open for key workers.

Global childcare report reveals market buoyancy

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

| Nursery World

The pandemic has raised the profile of the early years and childcare sector across the globe, leading to renewed interest from prospective investors and increased demand from competitors, Christie & Co’s report on the impact of Covid-19 on global markets has revealed.

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten private, voluntary or independent nurseries in England are making a loss or only just breaking even, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has been inundated with emails from the self-employed and small companies, including childcare providers, that are missing out on Government support during the coronavirus crisis.

Sadiq Khan launches business support programme for London nurseries and childminders

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Friday, June 4, 2021

| Nursery World

The Mayor of London has launched a £150,000 fund to provide business support for the capital’s private and voluntary early years settings.

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

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Friday, April 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Three new reports from the Department for Education outline how childcare settings across the country have been impacted by the pandemic, staffing challenges and sustained Government underfunding.

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Nurseries expected to stay open for key workers from Monday

Coronavirus: Early years settings and schools no longer expected to carry out contact tracing

Survey highlights impact of Covid self-isolation policy on nursery closures

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

Coronavirus: Seventy nurseries signed up to bring potential lawsuit against insurance broker

Coronavirus: Long road to recovery for childcare settings, finds survey

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

Coronavirus: All PVI nurseries to be sent home-testing kits

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

North-west nursery group adds three more settings

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

Coronavirus: Group of major providers calls for delayed school start for young children

Early years settings divided on readiness to reopen for more children

Early years sector and parents divided on reopening settings

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

Global childcare report reveals market buoyancy

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

Sadiq Khan launches business support programme for London nurseries and childminders

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

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