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Staying open in the coronavirus outbreak: 'Our approach has been to take a positive view on how to offer childcare in this "new normal" '

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

| Nursery World

As nurseries start to reopen for more children, one nursery owner shares her experiences of social distancing for three-year-olds, reassuring parents, and hand sanitiser shortages

New funded childcare places on hold until September in Wales

News

Thursday, June 11, 2020

| Nursery World

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

Childminders banned from drop-offs at schools

News

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Reports that some schools and nurseries are banning childminders from dropping off and collecting children from their premises has led to a petition calling on the Government to clarify the issue.

Survey highlights strain of lockdown on parents and children's mental health

News

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

| Nursery World

More than a third of parents say their children are feeling isolated and lonely, according to a survey from Action for Children, which has launched a free advice service to help parents cope with the impact of the pandemic.

Minister's letter to early years and childcare providers in England

Opinion

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

| Nursery World

Children's minister Vicky Ford MP has written to the sector.

Coronavirus: Nurseries not covered for 'notifiable diseases'

News

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has today formally registered Covid-19 as a ‘notifiable disease’, but nurseries are still unlikely to be covered by insurance for closures.

Coronavirus: Plea for nurseries and schools to limit places as settings close

News

Monday, March 23, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings and schools have closed today and are only open for the families of key workers and vulnerable children.

DfE confirms guidance on closures applies to all registered providers

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Confusion is rife among childcare providers about whether they will have to close from Monday.

Coronavirus - Staying open

Features

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

| Nursery World

Many settings are remaining open throughout the pandemic. How should operations change? Melanie Pilcher, quality and standards manager for the Early Years Alliance, has a guide

Coronavirus: Support is available for businesses and families

Opinion

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Businesses, workers and families do have a safety net in this crisis, says our new columnist Karl Handscomb, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation

Children's Minister hits back at furlough backtrack claims

News

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| Nursery World

Children’s Minister Vicky Ford has issued a strong rebuttal to early years providers’ claims that the Government has backtracked over furlough funding.

Coronavirus: Warning that 250,000 childcare places could be lost

News

Thursday, April 23, 2020

| Nursery World

According to childcare.co.uk, nearly a sixth of providers could close permanently as a result of the pandemic.

Coronavirus: Alliance letter highlights gaps in financial support for childcare sector

News

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has written to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak exposing flaws in coronavirus support schemes, which mean the sector is missing vital funding, and calling for 'urgent steps’ to safeguard 'tens of thousands' of nurseries and childminders.

Childcare providers and schools call for clarity on plans to re-open settings to more children

News

Monday, May 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Guidance for early years settings and schools on how they will open for more children is expected later today, after the prime minister Boris Johnson confirmed that the Government wants to see children make a phased return to school from 1 June.

Parents will not lose 30-hour or Tax-Free Childcare eligibility during Covid-19 outbreak

News

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents will not lose their eligibility for 30-hour childcare or Tax-Free childcare during the summer term, if their income has dropped due to the coronavirus, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Early years sector and parents divided on reopening settings

News

Monday, June 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in England are fighting to survive, as new research suggests that just over four in 10 parents of under-fives are planning to return today, with many providers also uncertain about when to reopen.

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

News

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare providers have been told by the Government to ‘use their professional judgement’ and ‘follow alternative approaches’ if they choose as they plan to reopen to all children, in new guidance for early years settings.

'Absolute joke': Childminders on being told they can reopen with less than 24 hours' notice

News

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Childminders have reacted angrily to the last-minute change in Government policy that they can reopen to care for children of one household from today.

Nursery nurse staff voice concern about safety of reopening to more children

News

Monday, June 1, 2020

| Nursery World

A survey by Unison of more than 2,000 nursery nurses and classroom assistants in nursery classes found that three-quarters did not feel their setting would be able to cope with extra health and safety measures, as a result of coronavirus, in time to reopen today.

Chancellor extends furlough scheme until October

News

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has extended the furlough scheme for four more months and made it more flexible by extending it to part-time workers from August.

Breaking: DfE confirms that childminders can now open from tomorrow for children from one household

News

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

| Nursery World

Childminders will be able to provide childcare for children from one household from tomorrow, Nursery World can confirm.

Fathers’ involvement in childcare hits record high in lockdown

News

Friday, June 19, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

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

News

Thursday, June 18, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

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

News

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

Coronavirus: MPs call for emergency funding for childcare sector

News

Monday, July 6, 2020

| Nursery World

MPs have called on the Government to conduct an urgent review into childcare funding, and commit to emergency funding for the sector, in a report which highlights 'the serious and unprecedented impact' of coronavirus on new parents and children.

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Staying open in the coronavirus outbreak: 'Our approach has been to take a positive view on how to offer childcare in this "new normal" '

New funded childcare places on hold until September in Wales

Childminders banned from drop-offs at schools

Survey highlights strain of lockdown on parents and children's mental health

Minister's letter to early years and childcare providers in England

Coronavirus: Nurseries not covered for 'notifiable diseases'

Coronavirus: Plea for nurseries and schools to limit places as settings close

DfE confirms guidance on closures applies to all registered providers

Coronavirus - Staying open

Coronavirus: Support is available for businesses and families

Children's Minister hits back at furlough backtrack claims

Coronavirus: Warning that 250,000 childcare places could be lost

Coronavirus: Alliance letter highlights gaps in financial support for childcare sector

Childcare providers and schools call for clarity on plans to re-open settings to more children

Parents will not lose 30-hour or Tax-Free Childcare eligibility during Covid-19 outbreak

Early years sector and parents divided on reopening settings

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

'Absolute joke': Childminders on being told they can reopen with less than 24 hours' notice

Nursery nurse staff voice concern about safety of reopening to more children

Chancellor extends furlough scheme until October

Breaking: DfE confirms that childminders can now open from tomorrow for children from one household

Fathers’ involvement in childcare hits record high in lockdown

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

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

Coronavirus: MPs call for emergency funding for childcare sector

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