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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.

Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

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Philippe Fraser, director of London-based Bilingual Nurseries and Les Petites Etoiles, has raised concerns about the financial viability of childcare settings if they have to close to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Coronavirus: Call for early years inspections to be put on hold

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Friday, March 13, 2020

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Ofsted is being urged to temporarily suspend routine early years inspections in light of the ongoing coronavirus spread.

Coronavirus: More childcare settings closing their doors

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Thursday, March 26, 2020

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An increasing number of nurseries are closing, because they feel that the risk of spreading Covid-19 is too great.

Nursery group pledges to stay open for NHS staff

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Friday, March 20, 2020

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Tops Day Nurseries intend to keep all settings open during the coronavirus outbreak to support NHS staff.

Wales puts 30 hour childcare on hold to pay for key worker children

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Monday, April 6, 2020

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The Welsh Government is launching a coronavirus childcare assistance scheme to support Wales’ critical workers, and suspending the childcare offer for Wales for three months.

Mulberry Bush gains praise for staying open amid coronavirus cases

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

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Mulberry Bush Nursery Whitefield has stayed open, after three staff members and a child tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month.

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

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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.

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

| Nursery World

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.

Coronavirus: DfE publishes update for early years settings

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Friday, January 7, 2022

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has updated its Covid guidance for early years settings to reflect the latest changes to testing and self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.

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

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| Nursery World

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

Early years attendance drops, latest official figures show

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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Less than a half (46 per cent) of early years settings were open at the end of July, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education.

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries around the country are considering joining a class action against their insurer and broker over failure to pay out as a result of closure during the coronavirus crisis, Nursery World can reveal.

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

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

| Nursery World

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.

Training: Students face problems with lack of hours spent in nursery placements

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Awarding bodies have adapted qualifications to help students whose placement time has been reduced by the pandemic.

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

| Nursery World

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.

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

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

| Nursery World

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.

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.

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Nurseries expected to stay open for key workers from Monday

Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

Coronavirus: Call for early years inspections to be put on hold

Coronavirus: More childcare settings closing their doors

Nursery group pledges to stay open for NHS staff

Wales puts 30 hour childcare on hold to pay for key worker children

Mulberry Bush gains praise for staying open amid coronavirus cases

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

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

Coronavirus: DfE publishes update for early years settings

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

Early years attendance drops, latest official figures show

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

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

Training: Students face problems with lack of hours spent in nursery placements

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

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

How the coronavirus reponse has unfolded so far

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