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

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

Childcare booking platform designed to boost nurseries' occupancy rates to expand

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Monday, February 28, 2022

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A new platform that allows parents to book ad hoc sessions at their childcare setting is being expanded across the country following a successful pilot.

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.

Covid forces the permanent closure of two nurseries

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Monday, February 14, 2022

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A setting operated by Storal Learning has shut down due to a lack of staff and inability to recruit, exacerbated by the pandemic, while another nursery run by an education trust is to close because it is no longer financially viable.

MiChild to invest £1m to improve nurseries and staff training

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Friday, February 11, 2022

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Nursery group MiChild is to invest £1m in its 16 settings, including for the refurbishment of the settings and to support the development of staff.

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.

Government urged to do more to increase the number of apprentices

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

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The Department for Education (DfE) has been slammed for missing the Government’s own target for creating apprenticeships, according to Labour analysis released at the start of this week’s National Apprenticeship Week (7-13 February) 2022.

Nurseries at risk of collapse due to 'large corporate takeovers'

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

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A new report warns the nursery sector is ‘at threat of being damaged’ as smaller settings get taken over by large corporate companies that are ‘profit-focused’.

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.

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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An equality fund to make Scottish workplaces, including childcare settings, more inclusive and diverse has been launched by the Scottish Government.

EXCLUSIVE - Coronavirus: More than 20 per cent of early years staff off work last week

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Friday, January 14, 2022

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Around one in five early years staff were off work due to Covid during the first week of the new term, a new snap poll by the National Day Nurseries Association has found.

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

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In a swift turnaround, Ofsted has withdrawn its document requiring early years providers to report 'significant events and changes to health’ in employees and volunteers, less than 24 hours after publishing it, and says it will ‘review’ the guidance.

NDNA to collect data on number of nursery staff with Covid

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Monday, January 10, 2022

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Nurseries across England, Scotland and Wales are being encouraged to fill in a survey designed to find out the proportion of staff and children who are absent due to Covid.

Progress stalled in achieving a degree-led workforce, figures suggest

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Friday, December 10, 2021

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New data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows the percentage of practitioners with degrees working in nurseries has risen marginally since the same research in 2019.

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

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More than eight in ten early years settings are struggling to recruit staff and half of them are having to turn away new parents because of staff shortages, sector research suggests.

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

Childcare booking platform designed to boost nurseries' occupancy rates to expand

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

Covid forces the permanent closure of two nurseries

MiChild to invest £1m to improve nurseries and staff training

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

Government urged to do more to increase the number of apprentices

Nurseries at risk of collapse due to 'large corporate takeovers'

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

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

EXCLUSIVE - Coronavirus: More than 20 per cent of early years staff off work last week

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

NDNA to collect data on number of nursery staff with Covid

Progress stalled in achieving a degree-led workforce, figures suggest

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

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