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Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

Thursday, February 4, 2021

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London’s largest nursery group is providing weekly lateral flow tests for its 700 staff, at a monthly cost of £23,584, because private and voluntary settings are not provided with home testing kits, unlike the maintained sector.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus forced childcare providers to take dire action, study shows

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

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Covid has seen professionals cut staff, use reserves and even sell belongings, but researchers say an early years education and care-led recovery is now vital, as Katy Morton reports

Ofsted review aims to help early years children 'catch up' post-pandemic

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Monday, November 14, 2022

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The research, carried out by Ofsted, outlines what 'high-quality' early years curriculum and pedagogy looks like to support practitioners to help children to catch up, particularly with communication and social skills.

DfE survey shows 13 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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New statistics published by the Department for Education (DfE) show that 13 per cent of staff working in nurseries and childminder settings were absent from work due to Coronavirus mid-January.

Coronavirus: nursery group criticises confusion over staff isolation rules

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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A major UK nursery group has called for clarity on Covid-19 guidance after conflicting advice from official bodies led to to eight staff at one nursery having to self-isolate 'uneccessarily'.

Coronavirus: Warning nurseries could face shortage of qualified staff

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Friday, December 18, 2020

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Early years settings fear they could be left with staffing shortfalls in the new year, as a result of the pandemic, a survey of early years providers has found.

Thousands of early years staff unable to access key worker places at school for their own children

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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Despite being classed as key workers, thousands of early years workers are being prevented from going to work because their own children have been denied school places, according to new research.

High level of frustration among nursery staff during the pandemic, study reveals

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Monday, May 24, 2021

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Nursery staff have feared for their physical and mental health while working through successive lockdowns – many of them without access to full sick pay, a study led by the University of Leeds reveals.

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.

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

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Friday, March 26, 2021

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With new findings revealing settings have been heavily reliant on the furlough scheme, there are fears nurseries would struggle with a sudden rise in demand for places.

Coronavirus: Nursery staff not exempt from self-isolation

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Friday, July 23, 2021

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The sector has expressed its anger at the omission of early years from the Government’s list of critical workers who can avoid self-isolation if they are ‘pinged’ by the NHS Covid app.

Covid cases on the decline in childcare settings and schools, official figures suggest

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

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The number of early years staff absent from work because of Covid-19 has dropped slightly, reveal DfE figures for the end of January.

Covid on the rise among schools workforce

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Monday, July 11, 2022

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There has been a rise in the number of school staff catching Covid, with those working in primary schools having most been affected.

Nursery staff's fear and pride working on the frontline

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

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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

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Childcare providers have been told by the Government to ‘use their professional judgement’ and ‘follow alternative approaches’ if they choose as they plan to reopen to all children, in new guidance for early years settings.

Nursery nurse staff voice concern about safety of reopening to more children

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Monday, June 1, 2020

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A survey by Unison of more than 2,000 nursery nurses and classroom assistants in nursery classes found that three-quarters did not feel their setting would be able to cope with extra health and safety measures, as a result of coronavirus, in time to reopen today.

MPs discuss early years workforce challenges

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

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An urgent independent review is needed to ‘alleviate the pressures’ facing the early years workforce, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Childcare and Early Education has heard.

New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years settings

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Friday, March 19, 2021

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Nurseries were losing more than a thousand pounds a week in parent fees due to the pandemic last December, according to research commissioned by the DfE.

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.

Government makes U-turn on nurseries' access to furlough cash

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Friday, April 17, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has backtracked on the amount of financial support that early years providers can access from ‘free entitlement’ funding and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furloughing) in a move described as ‘a kick in the teeth’.

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

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

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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).

Nursery workers struggle to get Covid-19 tests leaves settings with staff shortages

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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

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Difficulty accessing coronavirus tests is negatively impacting on the childcare sector as early years workers are having to self-isolate because they cannot get tests for themselves or family members.

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Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

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

EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus forced childcare providers to take dire action, study shows

Ofsted review aims to help early years children 'catch up' post-pandemic

DfE survey shows 13 per cent of early years staff off work due to Covid

Coronavirus: nursery group criticises confusion over staff isolation rules

Coronavirus: Warning nurseries could face shortage of qualified staff

Thousands of early years staff unable to access key worker places at school for their own children

High level of frustration among nursery staff during the pandemic, study reveals

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

Coronavirus: Nursery staff not exempt from self-isolation

Covid cases on the decline in childcare settings and schools, official figures suggest

Covid on the rise among schools workforce

Nursery staff's fear and pride working on the frontline

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

Nursery nurse staff voice concern about safety of reopening to more children

MPs discuss early years workforce challenges

New research reveals the financial impact of Covid on early years 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

Government makes U-turn on nurseries' access to furlough cash

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

Nursery workers struggle to get Covid-19 tests leaves settings with staff shortages

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