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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: 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.

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.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

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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

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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

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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.

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.

How the coronavirus reponse has unfolded so far

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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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.

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

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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.

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.

Coronavirus: Sector tries to stay positive with uncertain times ahead

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries and pre-schools have spoken to Nursery World about the challenges of opening to more children in September, whether taking on new families or children who are returning for the first time since lockdown. So, what will the new normal look like in the autumn term?

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

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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.

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

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Monday, May 24, 2021

| Nursery World

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.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

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Friday, March 20, 2020

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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.

Coronavirus: Three-quarters of nurseries will operate at a loss over the coming months

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

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Three-quarters of nurseries expect to operate at a loss over the next three months, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association published today (2 June) reveals.

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

| Nursery World

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.

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.

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

| Nursery World

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

| Nursery World

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.

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.

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Nurseries expected to stay open for key workers from Monday

Coronavirus: More childcare settings closing their doors

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

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

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

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

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

How the coronavirus reponse has unfolded so far

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

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

Coronavirus: Sector tries to stay positive with uncertain times ahead

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

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

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

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Coronavirus: Three-quarters of nurseries will operate at a loss over the coming months

North-west nursery group adds three more settings

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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

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

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

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