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EXCLUSIVE: Government relaxes guidance on holiday clubs

Friday, July 3, 2020

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The DfE has clarified that children attending holiday clubs this summer will be able to mix with others, if it is not possible for them to stay in one consistent group or 'bubble', giving the go-ahead for more clubs to open.

Coronavirus: Children and staff will no longer need to keep to small 'bubbles' in early years settings

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Thursday, July 2, 2020

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Children and staff in nurseries and pre-schools will no longer have to stay in separate groups or bubbles from 20 July, the Department for Education has confirmed in updated guidance.

Call for £88m in transition funding for early years as a third of nurseries in poor areas face closure

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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Coronavirus is having 'a devastating impact' on early years settings warns the Sutton Trust, which is calling for the Government to give nurseries, pre-schools and childminders the equivalent financial package as schools.

Revised EYFS unveiled for 'early adopter' schools to implement in September

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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The Government has published the revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework, which schools can choose to adopt a year before it becomes statutory in September 2021.

'Put children at the heart of recovery' say charities, as PM unveils 'new deal' for economy

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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Children, young people and families must be at the ‘heart’ of the Government’s recovery plan, a coalition of more than 50 organisations and charities said today.

Call for 'urgent' funding for maintained nursery schools

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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Early education experts and teaching unions have written a joint letter to the prime minister with an urgent request for extra immediate and long-term funding for maintained nursery schools.

Kate Green named shadow education secretary

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Monday, June 29, 2020

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Kate Green, Labour MP for Stretford and Urmston, was appointed shadow education secretary over the weekend.

Fears parents will be driven to use unregulated childcare

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Monday, June 29, 2020

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Anticipated mass nursery and childminder closures could result in desperate parents putting their children at risk by unwittingly resorting to unregulated childcare, warns the Regulation Matters (RM) Campaign.

Coronavirus: Parents want fewer days in the office but struggle without childcare in pandemic

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Monday, June 29, 2020

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Lockdown has led almost half of working parents to consider requesting more flexible working arrangements but parents strongly recognise that they need childcare support in order to work effectively, research by Bright Horizons Work+Family Solutions has found.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

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Parents returning to work in the wake of the lockdown may struggle to find childcare places, as a new report reveals the impact of the pandemic on nurseries, pre-schools and childminders.

Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as shadow education secretary

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

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Labour leader Keir Starmer has sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey after she shared an 'antisemitic conspiracy theory' on Twitter.

Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

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The Reception Baseline has been postponed for a year to autumn 2021 due to the ‘challenging circumstances’ schools face with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has announced, in a move welcomed by campaigners.

Holiday and out-of-school clubs to open from 4 July

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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Holiday clubs and wraparound provision will be allowed to reopen from 4 July.

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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The UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees is working with local authorities to explore a funded ‘stay-in-nursery’ scheme, which would give parents the option to delay the start of their child’s primary school for up to two terms.

Coronavirus: Children who have been shielding can return to school in September

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Monday, June 22, 2020

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Children who have been shielding because of Covid-19 are very unlikely to need to do so in the future and can return to school in September, according to the deputy chief medical officer.

Fathers’ involvement in childcare hits record high in lockdown

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Friday, June 19, 2020

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More time spent working from home and shorter hours has resulted in the highest increase in childcare undertaken by fathers since the Industrial revolution, the Fatherhood Institute claims.

Shadow minister calls for explanation as to why early years excluded from Government catch-up plan

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Friday, June 19, 2020

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Shadow early years minister Tulip Siddiq has written to the children and families minister Vicky Ford, calling for an explanation as to why the early years sector has been excluded from the Government’s £1 billion ‘catch-up’ funding.

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

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Friday, June 19, 2020

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Early years organisations have slammed their omission from sharing any of the £1bn funding package that schools will receive as part of a catch-up plan for children who have fallen behind from missing education in lockdown.

Nurseries in Wales can reopen from Monday

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Friday, June 19, 2020

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Nurseries and childcare settings in Wales will be able to open to more children from Monday (22 June), a week earlier than planned.

Further delays expected on reopening of holiday clubs

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Friday, June 19, 2020

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Guidance for holiday club providers is ‘unlikely’ to be released before the 4 July, just two weeks before many of them are expected to open for the summer, Nursery World understands.

Urgent call for local councils to be given funding to support summer holiday provision

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

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Teachers are calling on the Government to urgently fund Local Authorities (LAs) to co-ordinate Summer holiday schemes for children and young people in their communities.

Coronavirus has exacerbated problems for low-income families

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

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The problems faced by low-income families have been ‘magnified’ by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research by the Child Poverty Action Group.

Paediatricians call on PM for urgent plan for all children to return to school

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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More than 1,500 paediatricians have signed a letter to the prime minister calling for the Government to urgently publish a clear plan for getting all children back to school.

Coronavirus: Scotland issues guidance ahead of reopening of nurseries

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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Childcare providers in Scotland have been issued with new guidance to help plan for reopening settings once it is deemed safe to do so.

Holiday club and out-of-school providers in talks with DfE over reopening plans

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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Some of the largest wraparound childcare providers in the country have joined forces to share their concerns around the survival of out-of-school childcare with the Department for Education, and their ideas for how the sector may be able to be able to reopen safely in time for the school summer holidays, Nursery World has learnt.

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EXCLUSIVE: Government relaxes guidance on holiday clubs

Coronavirus: Children and staff will no longer need to keep to small 'bubbles' in early years settings

Call for £88m in transition funding for early years as a third of nurseries in poor areas face closure

Revised EYFS unveiled for 'early adopter' schools to implement in September

'Put children at the heart of recovery' say charities, as PM unveils 'new deal' for economy

Call for 'urgent' funding for maintained nursery schools

Kate Green named shadow education secretary

Fears parents will be driven to use unregulated childcare

Coronavirus: Parents want fewer days in the office but struggle without childcare in pandemic

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds

Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as shadow education secretary

Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021

Holiday and out-of-school clubs to open from 4 July

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

Coronavirus: Children who have been shielding can return to school in September

Fathers’ involvement in childcare hits record high in lockdown

Shadow minister calls for explanation as to why early years excluded from Government catch-up plan

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

Nurseries in Wales can reopen from Monday

Further delays expected on reopening of holiday clubs

Urgent call for local councils to be given funding to support summer holiday provision

Coronavirus has exacerbated problems for low-income families

Paediatricians call on PM for urgent plan for all children to return to school

Coronavirus: Scotland issues guidance ahead of reopening of nurseries

Holiday club and out-of-school providers in talks with DfE over reopening plans

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