When the Government decided to allow early years settings to welcome back all children from 1 June 2020, the rationale was that young children were less likely to be affected by coronavirus. Despite the suggested lower risk to children, the need for exemplary infection control practice has never been more important.
Ofsted statistics show a steady increase in the number of instances (adults and children) of coronavirus in registered early years settings, from three on 8 June to 686 by 9 November 2020. As a notification may include more than one confirmed case, the number of notifications received does not necessarily correlate with the number of confirmed cases in a setting.
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