Nursery World - Nurseries and pre-schools will receive air quality monitors next term

Nurseries and pre-school settings will receive CO2 monitors next term, to improve ventilation and help prevent the spread of Covid, but Ofsted registered childminders are not included in the scheme.

Nurseries and pre-schools will receive CO2 monitors in line with schools, but childminders have been excluded from the scheme

Earlier this week, the DfE confirmed that carbon dioxide monitors would be provided to schools from September, so staff can quickly identify where ventilation needs to be improved.

While the Department for Education has now confirmed that nurseries and pre-schools that receive early education funding are included in the scheme, Ofsted-registered childminders are not.

A spokesperson confirmed to Nursery World that CO2 monitors will be in state-funded education settings including nurseries, but did not comment on the situation regarding childminders.

Ministers said that the new monitors will enable staff to act quickly where ventilation is poor and provide reassurance that existing ventilation measures are working.

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