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Families struggling before lockdown face even more pressure after the coronavirus pandemic

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years and education professionals are warning that the recovery phase from Covid-19 will have a knock-on effect for early help services for young children and their families.

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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Parents of disabled children have been left without vital care and support during lockdown, a survey by the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) has found.

Around a quarter of early years providers still closed, research suggests

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Monday, June 15, 2020

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Around a quarter (24 per cent) of nursery and pre-school settings remained closed in the week beginning 1 June, despite the Government giving the go-ahead for opening early years provision to all children, a report by independent sector analysts Ceeda has found.

Coronavirus: Safety measures compromised in return to nurseries and schools

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Friday, June 12, 2020

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Safe class sizes are just one of the measures that have been ignored by some nursery and primary schools as they reopen to more children, according to a survey published by Unison today (Friday).

Coronavirus: Wales launches further childcare guidance ahead of reopening

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Friday, June 12, 2020

| Nursery World

New guidance for Welsh childcare settings has been published ahead of the wider opening of nurseries expected to take place on 29 June.

Coronavirus: Call to reopen playgrounds as 'a priority'

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Friday, June 12, 2020

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Guidelines for when and how playgrounds will be brought back into use ‘must be provided immediately’ if the Government serious about tackling obesity amid the pandemic, the Association of Play Industries has warned.

One in six parents believe school summer holidays should be cancelled

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Friday, June 12, 2020

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One in six parents think schools should open over the summer holidays to compensate for time not spent in the classroom since March, a survey by childcare.co.uk has revealed.

New funded childcare places on hold until September in Wales

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Thursday, June 11, 2020

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Three-year-olds due to take up the childcare offer in Wales this term will not be eligible for funding until September.

Teachers call on PM to create a recovery plan for education

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Thursday, June 11, 2020

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The National Education Union has written to the prime minister calling for a 10-point ‘national recovery plan’ for education, amid growing concerns that the majority of school children will face the rest of the summer term at home.

Coronavirus: Child poverty predicted to rise warns social mobility watchdog

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

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Around 600,000 more children are living in relative poverty compared to eight years ago - a number that is projected to increase markedly as a result of Covid-19, the Social Mobility Commission has warned.

Government drops plan for all primary school children to return to school this term

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Tuesday, June 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Plans for all primary school children to return for a month before the summer holidays have been abandoned.

Just 10 per cent of early years children have returned to settings

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Tuesday, June 9, 2020

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Just one in ten early years children returned to their setting last week, official statistics show.

Coronavirus: Concern that children on free school meals are missing out on on healthy food

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Monday, June 8, 2020

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Children on free school meals are eating 'significantly' less fruit and vegetables since the lockdown and are missing meals, a study has found.

Coronavirus: Under-fives' mental health at risk

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Monday, June 8, 2020

| Nursery World

Covid-19 is likely to increase the strain on the mental health of under-fives and their parents, warns the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), at the start of this week’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week.

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

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Monday, June 8, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 70 children’s and mental health charities and organisations have written to the prime minister calling for the Government to invest in the well-being of babies and toddlers in Covid-19 recovery plans.

TUC calls for emergency bailout of childcare sector

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Friday, June 5, 2020

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The TUC is calling for an urgent ‘cash injection’ for the childcare sector, warning that without it there will not be enough places for working parents to return to their jobs, as the lockdown eases.

Coronavirus: 10 years of closing the gap reversed by school closures

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Friday, June 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Nearly a decade of closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers is ‘likely’ to have been wiped out by school closures as a result of coronavirus.

Coronavirus: After-school clubs on the brink of collapse

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

| Nursery World

Out-of-school clubs are facing closure and may never reopen, following new rules, confusing guidance and lack of support from Government.

Childminders and outdoor nurseries in Scotland now able to open to more children

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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Childminders and fully outdoor nurseries in Scotland are now able to reopen from today (3 June).

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including confirmation that from 1 June, childminders can look after children of all ages, in line with their current Ofsted registration, and within usual limits on the number of children they can care for.

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Families struggling before lockdown face even more pressure after the coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned

Around a quarter of early years providers still closed, research suggests

Coronavirus: Safety measures compromised in return to nurseries and schools

Coronavirus: Wales launches further childcare guidance ahead of reopening

Coronavirus: Call to reopen playgrounds as 'a priority'

One in six parents believe school summer holidays should be cancelled

New funded childcare places on hold until September in Wales

Teachers call on PM to create a recovery plan for education

Coronavirus: Child poverty predicted to rise warns social mobility watchdog

Government drops plan for all primary school children to return to school this term

Just 10 per cent of early years children have returned to settings

Coronavirus: Concern that children on free school meals are missing out on on healthy food

Coronavirus: Under-fives' mental health at risk

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

TUC calls for emergency bailout of childcare sector

Coronavirus: 10 years of closing the gap reversed by school closures

Coronavirus: After-school clubs on the brink of collapse

Childminders and outdoor nurseries in Scotland now able to open to more children

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

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