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Coronavirus: Providers back petition for emergency funding to save parents paying fees

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

A petition has been launched calling for nurseries to be given emergency funding if they have to close down due to Coronavirus.

From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

Opinion

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Who would have anticipated that a virus we had never heard of could be the last straw to the survival of the early years sector, already weakened by years of under-funding? June O' Sullivan, CEO of nursery group LEYF, on coronavirus challenges

Chancellor pledges 'unprecedented' economy support plan

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a range of measures to protect businesses and workers from economic effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Coronavirus: Families on free school meals will be sent vouchers during school closures

News

Thursday, March 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Children eligible for free school meals will be offered vouchers, food or meals if they are no longer going to school during the coronavirus outbreak.

Nurseries to be exempt from business rates, as Government brings in powers to close or keep them open

News

Thursday, March 19, 2020

| Nursery World

All private, voluntary and independent nurseries will be exempt from business rates for one year from 1 April.

Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis

News

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries have called on the Government to set out dedicated measures to help them survive, saying they provide vital support to frontline workers and families.

Breaking News: Nurseries and schools to close from Monday due to Coronavirus

News

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings and schools will close from Monday (23 March) except to vulnerable children and children of key workers.

Charity calls for more help for families during the coronavirus pandemic

News

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Child Poverty Action Group wants emergency support for families with children put in place if schools are closed due to Covid-19 to ensure that they can afford adequate healthy food.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders call for more support to ensure survival of settings

News

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare providers and early years organisations are urgently calling on the Government to offer more support for settings affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus: Government confirms settings will receive childcare funding if they have to close

News

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Government funding for the 15 and 30 hours childcare offers will continue if early years settings have to close, or where children cannot attend due to Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends routine inspections and teaching union calls for school closures

News

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted has suspended all routine inspections of early years providers, schools and further education colleges.

A decade of decline

Opinion

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Ten years after the Marmot Review on health inequality and the Government is still ignoring evidence that investing early is best, says Natalie Perera

MPs challenge Government over Reception Baseline legislation

News

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Cross-party MPs have argued that a new law, being introduced in Parliament in the coming weeks, keeps 'parents in the dark' about how their child's data from the Reception Baseline assessment will be used.