Nursery World - Childminders more likely to stay open than nurseries, survey suggests

More than a third of nurseries and around half of childminders have stayed open for keyworkers and vulnerable children, a survey suggests.

More childminders than nurseries have stayed open during the lockdown, a survey suggests

The latest statistics from the Ceeda Covid-19 data portal show that between 11-15 May, 37 per cent of day nurseries and pre-schools were open to key workers and vulnerable children.

The research is based on 711 nurseries and pre-schools and 690 childminders who registered their data on the portal. The statistics do not include information on provision in maintained nursery schools and schools.

Among group settings, the highest headcount recorded on one day during that week was 38 children attending a day nursery on 11 May.

The average headcount of key worker children was 7.73.

The highest head count for vulnerable children attending a setting was 10, and the average daily headcount across all open providers was one vulnerable child per setting.

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