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

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

Childcare Counsel: furlough and funding

Features

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Andrew Manners, director, Morgan LaRoche, on furlough and funding

Coronavirus - Business as unusual

Features

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Laura Hoyland of Hopscotch Consultancy troubleshoots the different issues faced by the managers of settings that remain open during the coronavirus crisis

Nursery groups continue expansion in coronavirus crisis

News

Monday, May 4, 2020

| Nursery World

A nursery group launched last June, Welcome Nurseries, has just acquired its sixth setting, with plans to expand to 2,000 places by the end of 2020.

Diary of an Early Childhood Studies student: 3rd year stresses and successes

Features

Friday, May 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Kezia Thurgood-Parkes, a final year ECS student at Sheffield Hallam, is battling strikes and coronavirus while writing her final dissertation

Coronavirus guidance: a handy summary

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

| Nursery World

A raft of guidance has been produced since the country went into lockdown. Here is a handy summary of key guidance and dates, with links to further, official, information:

Government confirms EYFS relaxations for coronavirus outbreak

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has put into force temporary changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage framework for early years providers remaining open in the coronavirus outbreak.

Childcare providers facing postcode lottery of support in pandemic

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Friday, April 24, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare providers are facing a postcode lottery of approaches to early years funding during the coronavirus lockdown, with some councils not paying for children in new settings while others are paying cash incentives for providers to stay open.

Councils 'can transfer funding between settings' - new DfE guidance

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| Nursery World

Councils are being encouraged to transfer early entitlement funding between early years settings if it helps them to create enough childcare places for key worker children.

Nursery staff's fear and pride working on the frontline

Features

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| Nursery World

Annette Rawstrone speaks to early years leaders and practitioners about coping with the risks of caring for other critical workers' children in the coronavirus pandemic

Shadow early years minister to meet with sector to discuss coronavirus impact

News

Friday, April 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Shadow early years minister Tulip Siddiq is holding a virtual roundtable meeting next week with representatives from the early years and childcare sector to hear the challenges providers face in the Covid-19 crisis.

New project to track Covid-19 impact on early years sector

News

Thursday, April 16, 2020

| Nursery World

The immediate and lasting impact of the coronavirus on the early years sector is being gauged by a new research project, launched today by About Early Years (Ceeda).

Childcare and Education T level content published

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

The detail of the education and childcare T-level has now been published.

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.