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Coronavirus: Nurseries and schools pose low risk of infection to children

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Monday, August 24, 2020

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Children are more likely to catch Coronavirus at home than in childcare settings or school, finds study.

Coronavirus: Government launches campaign to reassure parents schools are safe

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Monday, August 17, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has today launched its #backtoschoolsafely campaign to reassure parents that schools are ready for all children to return in September.

Early years attendance drops, latest official figures show

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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Less than a half (46 per cent) of early years settings were open at the end of July, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education.

Teaching unions accused of thwarting plans to fully re-open schools in September

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Monday, August 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Teaching unions have drawn up a checklist of 200 demands to be met in order to safely re-open schools to all children next month.

NDNA and EPI launch joint research project on early years workforce

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Friday, August 7, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched a year-long research project with the Education Policy Institute (EPI) to look at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

Early years services should be kept open and funding flexible in future lockdowns, says children's commissioner

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Thursday, August 6, 2020

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Early years settings, schools and children’s centres should be kept open 'wherever possible' in the event of lockdown due to Covid-19, the children’s commissioner for England has said.

Coronavirus: Government extends Tax-Free Childcare and 30-hour childcare eligibility

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 55,000 parents have applied for 30 hour childcare places since the start of lockdown, according to the Department for Education, which is extending the eligibility criteria for families whose incomes may have dropped during the coronavirus pandemic.

Nannies in local lockdown areas told they must come to work

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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The British Association of Professional Nannies (BAPN) has warned that nannies’ lives are being put at risk due to exemptions under lockdown rules in the North of England that mean they can continue to work in families’ homes.

Campaigners issue warning over unregulated childcare and call for Ofsted registration for nannies

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Friday, July 31, 2020

| Nursery World

Using unregulated nannies to solve the childcare crisis could pose serious potential risk to children, a campaigning body has warned.

Coronavirus: Scottish schools to reopen from 11 August

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Friday, July 31, 2020

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Children in Scotland will return to school nurseries and schools from 11 August, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.

MPs criticise delay in Government response to childcare funding petition

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

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A report calling for an urgent review of childcare funding and how new parents are supported due to the impact of Covid-19 will not be addressed until later this year.

Coronavirus: Labour analysis finds 19,000 childcare providers at risk of closure

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

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A ‘perfect storm’ of rising childcare costs and thousands of providers at risk of closure due to a lack of government support will make it impossible for many parents to return to work, the Labour Party is warning.

Coronavirus: Playgrounds under threat as councils face pandemic costs

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

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Local authority budget pressures are leading to children’s playgrounds being closed in Nottingham, with the Association of Play Industries (API) warning that more areas could be affected if the Government does not provide funding.

EXCLUSIVE: Children’s minister defends coronavirus crisis funding for early years

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

| Nursery World

In an interview with Nursery World, Vicky Ford, the minister for children and families, has defended the level of funding for the early years sector during the coronavirus crisis.

Government launches new obesity strategy

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Monday, July 27, 2020

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A ban on junk food ads before the 9pm watershed is one of the measures being brought in by the Government to tackle ‘the ticking time bomb’ of obesity.

Coronavirus: Mothers blame childcare shortage for redundancies

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Monday, July 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Almost a half of mothers (46 per cent) made redundant during the Covid-19 pandemic blame a lack of childcare provision, a survey has found.

Coronavirus: Impact of school closures could 'lead to lower skills' and harm the economy for decades - study

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Friday, July 24, 2020

| Nursery World

Unless catch-up lessons work, British children could ‘lose 3 per cent of lifetime earnings’ due to school closures, according to a new report from the Royal Society.

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

| Nursery World

Local authorities will receive early years funding for the autumn term on the basis of how many children were attending settings before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Lack of summer support as millions of parents are urged back to the office

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Monday, July 20, 2020

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Parents are being penalised by being asked to return to their offices without childcare, holiday activities or catch-up schemes in place to support them over the summer holidays, the Labour Party claims.

Call to scrap fines for children not returning to school next term

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Friday, July 17, 2020

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Parents and carers in England should be given more time to choose whether to send their children back to school for the new academic year without the risk of being fined by the Government, parenting and education charity, Parentkind has said.

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Coronavirus: Nurseries and schools pose low risk of infection to children

Coronavirus: Government launches campaign to reassure parents schools are safe

Early years attendance drops, latest official figures show

Teaching unions accused of thwarting plans to fully re-open schools in September

NDNA and EPI launch joint research project on early years workforce

Early years services should be kept open and funding flexible in future lockdowns, says children's commissioner

Coronavirus: Government extends Tax-Free Childcare and 30-hour childcare eligibility

Nannies in local lockdown areas told they must come to work

Campaigners issue warning over unregulated childcare and call for Ofsted registration for nannies

Coronavirus: Scottish schools to reopen from 11 August

MPs criticise delay in Government response to childcare funding petition

Coronavirus: Labour analysis finds 19,000 childcare providers at risk of closure

Coronavirus: Playgrounds under threat as councils face pandemic costs

EXCLUSIVE: Children’s minister defends coronavirus crisis funding for early years

Government launches new obesity strategy

Coronavirus: Mothers blame childcare shortage for redundancies

Coronavirus: Impact of school closures could 'lead to lower skills' and harm the economy for decades - study

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

Lack of summer support as millions of parents are urged back to the office

Call to scrap fines for children not returning to school next term

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