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Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

Thursday, January 14, 2021

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Nursery workers and childminders will have to travel to test centres to access asymptomatic testing for Covid-19, unlike those working in nursery classes and maintained nurseries, who will be sent home testing kits – a decision branded as ‘unfair’ and ‘insulting’ by the sector.

Coronavirus: Urgent action needed to improve ‘inadequate’ food parcels

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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The Government has demanded ‘urgent’ action on ‘completely unacceptable’ food parcels sent to children as replacements for free school meals during lockdown.

Scotland: Government pledges £3.8m to support childcare settings to stay open

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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Financial support is being made available to help childcare providers to stay open for small numbers of children, Scottish Government announced today.

Unions call for nurseries to close to keep staff safe, and for emergency funding

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

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The National Education Union and Unison are calling on the Government to close early years settings in line with schools, to protect staff and prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Early years settings will be given rapid Covid-19 testing kits

Monday, January 11, 2021

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Early years settings will be able to access rapid test kits for Covid-19, children’s minister Vicky Ford has confirmed.

Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

Monday, January 11, 2021

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Children of keyworkers should stay at home ‘if they can’, the Government has said, in the latest change to school guidance.

PM defends decision to keep nurseries open

Friday, January 8, 2021

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that it was 'very important' to keep early years provision open for key workers, but failed to mention that childcare settings are currently open for all children, during yesterday's Downing Street press conference.

Council defies Government and closes nurseries

Thursday, January 7, 2021

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Brighton and Hove Council has closed its nurseries to cope with rising cases of Covid-19 across the city.

Coronavirus: MPs to debate petition calling for vaccinations for early years workers and teachers

Thursday, January 7, 2021

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Prioritising Covid-19 vaccinations for childcare staff and teachers will be debated in Parliament on Monday (11 January), following a petition which has so far received more than 342,000 signatures.

Sector unites in call for Government to protect early years settings and workers

Thursday, January 7, 2021

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Early years organisations have joined forces to call on the Government to take urgent action to protect the nurseries, pre-schools and childminders it has asked to stay open, in the wake of record cases of Covid-19.

Welsh nurseries to stay open for all children

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

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Nurseries in Wales have stayed open for all children this week, while schools have closed.

Nurseries call for early years staff to be vaccinated

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

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Nursery groups are calling on the Government to commit to prioritising childcare workers for vaccination against Covid-19.

Early years workers express fear and frustration over Government decision to keep nurseries open

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

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Nurseries and early years workers have reacted in anger and disbelief at the Government’s decision to keep early years settings open to all children, while at the same time closing schools, as England enters a third national lockdown.

Coronavirus: SAGE scientist - decision to keep nurseries open 'may be political'

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

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A leading virologist, who sits on Sage, has said that there is no scientific rationale for the Government in keeping early years settings open, when schools and universities have been closed 'on the grounds of public health'.

Scottish nurseries and schools to stay closed, as Scotland enters lockdown at midnight

Monday, January 4, 2021

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Scotland’s nurseries and schools will stay closed until at least the end of January.

Coronavirus: Nurseries 'ignored' by Government in row over reopening schools

Monday, January 4, 2021

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Nurseries and early years settings have criticised the Government for failing to include them in discussions with schools about whether it is safe for them to stay open, given the ongoing rise in cases of Covid-19.

Coronavirus: All women now entitled to have a partner at birth

Friday, December 18, 2020

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Pregnant women should be able to have someone with them for all their maternity appointments, scans and for the entire labour and birth, NHS health trusts in England have been told.

Early years settings condemn Government for 'miniscule' funding rise

Friday, December 18, 2020

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Early years settings will receive just a 6p an hour increase per child for three-and four-year-olds next term, as the Department for Education reverts to pre-Covid funding rates.

Wraparound care sector ramps up fight for more support

Thursday, December 17, 2020

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A coalition of 250 out-of-school providers is calling on the Government to provide ‘urgent’ financial support to save the sector from collapse.

MPs discuss early years workforce challenges

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

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An urgent independent review is needed to ‘alleviate the pressures’ facing the early years workforce, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Childcare and Early Education has heard.

A third of nurseries fear closure - Ofsted

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

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Children that have returned to early years settings after the national lockdown are continuing to make progress, but fewer children are expected to take up childcare places, according to a survey by Ofsted.

Nurseries conflicted over test and trace responsibilities over Christmas holidays

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

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The requirement for early years leaders to be available to help with contact tracing during the Christmas holidays has been met with dismay by some in the sector.

Coronavirus: Children's minister sets out £4.4m fund to support children impacted by pandemic

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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All those who have worked with children and young people throughout the pandemic are ‘amazing’ said children’s minister Vicky Ford as she outlined a multi-million pound package of support aimed at reaching ‘hidden’ children.

Out-of-school sector threatened with collapse

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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A ‘worryingly high’ proportion of out-of-school providers are operating at a loss – and more than half of them expect to be closed within a year, a survey by the Out of School Alliance (OOSA) reveals.

One million children living in poverty ineligible for free school meals

Thursday, December 3, 2020

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Over a million children in the UK who live below the poverty line are not eligible for free school meals, new analysis from the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has found.

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