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Coronavirus: One in five schools report ‘significant’ absences due to Covid-19

Monday, October 5, 2020

| Nursery World

One in five schools across England are experiencing 'significant' pupil absences, with almost as many having sent a whole bubble home, according to a survey of teachers.

Coronavirus: Nurseries speak out about confusion over priority for vaccine

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

| Nursery World

Confusion and frustration is continuing among the early years sector around eligibility for the coronavirus vaccine.

Private and voluntary settings will be able to access early language catch-up scheme

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged children in PVI early years settings will be able to share in the Government's catch-up scheme to boost their language skills.

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.

Government dismisses childcare funding petition signed by 110,000

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

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The Government has said it has no plans to review early years funding, in response to a parliamentary petition signed by thousands - however a cross-party committee of MPs has commissioned a survey of providers and parents to look at childcare costs.

Ex-education recovery tsar calls Government catch-up programme 'feeble'

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

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Former education recovery tsar, Sir Kevan Collins, has highlighted the underfunding in early years, and branded the Government’s £1.4 billion Covid catch-up plan for children as ‘feeble’.

Coronavirus cases in schools on the increase

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Friday, July 9, 2021

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The latest weekly Covid-19 statistics show there were 104 outbreaks in primary schools between 28 June to 4 July, up from 78 outbreaks the week prior.

Deprived state schools most impacted by Covid staff absences

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Friday, January 14, 2022

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New findings reveal that the most deprived state schools were almost three times more likely than private schools to report that one in 10 or more of their staff were absent due to coronavirus.

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

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

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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: Nearly half of childminders could stay closed for up to a year

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Friday, March 27, 2020

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Fewer than half of childminders that have closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic plan to re-open within the next year, findings from a survey of childminders and childcare providers suggests.

Around half of nurseries staying open for key worker families

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Around a half of nurseries in the UK are staying open for children of key workers and vulnerable children, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association suggests.

Children's transition into Reception impacted by Covid

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Friday, September 3, 2021

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Pupils moving between early years, Reception and Year 1 are less emotionally and academically ready to make the transition, compared to previous years, according to a new report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).

Schools acting as ‘first responders’ to families impacted by Covid

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

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The pandemic has driven more families living in poverty to turn to schools for ‘basic needs’ such as adequate food and clothing, finds new research.

Covid has 'worsened' the outcomes of children living in the North of England

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

| Nursery World

The pandemic has created a widening inequality gap between children living in the North and South of England, finds a new report.

Calls for clarification on changes to Covid rules for under-fives amid rising cases and Omicron uncertainty

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

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Children under five who are close contacts of a positive Covid case no longer need to take a test or self-isolate, according to updated government guidance, leading to calls from the sector for clarification of the guidance.

Childminders secure victory over Covid rules preventing them from operating

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Thursday, March 17, 2022

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The sector has forced a Government U-turn over rules which stated that childminders with a positive Covid case in their household could not continue to operate.

Covid inquiry to now consider the pandemic's impact on children in the early years

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

| Nursery World

The prime minister has further agreed to widen the scope of the Covid inquiry to include the impact the pandemic has had on very young children.

How the coronavirus reponse has unfolded so far

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

| Nursery World

These are unprecedented times for early years settings on the front line, caring for children of NHS and care staff, supermarket workers, delivery drivers – all those key workers whom we all rely on every day.

Bright Horizons launches website to help key worker parents find local childcare

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Monday, April 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons has launched a new emergency childcare website to help match key worker parents with early years providers that are staying open in their area during the coronavirus crisis.

New DfE guidance issued on social distancing in childcare settings and schools

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE), together with Public Health England (PHE), has published new guidance on implementing social distancing in education and childcare settings.

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