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Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

Thursday, February 4, 2021

| Nursery World

London’s largest nursery group is providing weekly lateral flow tests for its 700 staff, at a monthly cost of £23,584, because private and voluntary settings are not provided with home testing kits, unlike the maintained sector.

Scottish nurseries set to reopen in three weeks

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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Scotland are set to reopen on 22 February and ‘at home’ Covid testing will be offered to all maintained sector childcare workers twice a week and then extended to the PVI sector ‘in the weeks’ ahead, Scotland’s First Minister announced yesterday.

Coronavirus: Nurseries report increase in temporary closures

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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

| Nursery World

The number of early years settings having to temporarily close because of Covid-19 infections appear to be rising, while nurseries say they feel they are the 'bottom of the pile' and 'ignored' by the Government.

Councils have millions in unspent early years funding, investigation reveals

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years settings in England are missing out on more than £55m in Government funding for childcare places, according to a Freedom of Information investigation by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Big drop in attendance adds to sector’s funding concerns

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

| Nursery World

The pandemic has led to fewer funded children on roll as well as a decline in registrations from fee-paying parents, putting some settings in financial peril. By Annette Rawstrone

Old Station nursery group continues expansion

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Bambino Day Nurseries in Northamptonshire has been acquired by The Old Station Nursery group.

Children’s mental health services need ‘rocket boost’ in funding

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Monday, February 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Children’s mental health services need a ‘rocket boost’ in funding if they are to support the one in six children in England who have a probable mental health condition – as well as those suffering the consequences of the pandemic, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.

Thousands of early years staff unable to access key worker places at school for their own children

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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Despite being classed as key workers, thousands of early years workers are being prevented from going to work because their own children have been denied school places, according to new research.

Scotland: £1m outdoor clothing fund launched

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

| Nursery World

A new £1m outdoor winter clothing fund has been launched by the Scottish Government to improve access to outdoor experiences in funded early learning and childcare (ELC) settings.

Coronavirus: Scottish government launches £1m fund for childminders

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| Nursery World

Childminders who have been financially impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic will benefit from a £1m fund, the Scottish Government has announced.

Exclusive: Some early years workers set to receive Covid-19 vaccine as a priority

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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Early years practitioners in Doncaster are ‘over the moon’ that they are receiving the Covid-19 vaccination in recognition of them being priority frontline workers.

Concern as reports of Covid in early years settings more than double in a week

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Monday, January 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Reported incidences of Covid-19 in early years settings have more than doubled in a week, according to the latest Ofsted numbers.

Teacher Covid-absences ‘significantly higher’ than pupils

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Monday, January 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Primary school teachers were six times more likely to be absent due to a positive Covid test in the autumn term than their pupils, according to new analysis from the Education Policy Institute (EPI).

Coronavirus: Survey reveals 'serious concerns' among early years workers about their safety

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Friday, January 22, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years workers are experiencing ‘high’ levels of cases of Covid-19, with around half of them worried about their safety working in nurseries, pre-schools and as childminders, according to new research.

School nurseries to receive top-up for census funding shortfalls

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

| Nursery World

A last-minute change of policy from the Department for Education could prevent school nursery classes from losing thousands of pounds in funding or even closing for good.

Government adviser incorrectly says all early years staff eligible for regular testing

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

| Nursery World

Frustration around the Department for Education’s decision not to provide regular testing for PVI early years settings has been exacerbated by comments by the Government's deputy chief scientific adviser, Dougal Hargreaves, when he incorrectly stated that they were during questioning by MPs.

Coronavirus: Infection rates among teachers and school support staff 'much higher' than among general public

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

| Nursery World

The infection rate of Covid-19 among teaching assistants in primary schools is three times higher that of the general population, and for teachers nearly double, analysis of Government figures by the National Education Union has found.

Leadsom outlines emerging findings of the Government’s review into babies’ healthy development

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

| Nursery World

Preliminary findings of the Early Years Healthy Development Review were outlined by Andrea Leadsom MP at the APPG on Conception to age two meeting, held yesterday.

Report reveals ‘hidden harms’ of spring lockdown on babies

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Emerging evidence of the ‘harm’ that lockdown has had on babies is detailed in a new report launched today.

Speech and language charity I CAN names new CEO

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Children’s communication charity I CAN has appointed Jane Harris as its new chief executive.

Coronavirus: London nurseries forced to close as staff hospitalised and the new variant spreads

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Monday, January 18, 2021

| Nursery World

Four members of staff have been hospitalised with Covid-19 from London's largest group of social enterprise nurseries, and more than a third of its settings have been forced to close.

Coronavirus: DfE tells local authorities to fund children temporarily absent from nurseries

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Friday, January 15, 2021

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Children not currently attending an early years setting due to coronavirus, but that are registered with one, should be included in next week’s early years census, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Supreme Court rules insurers must pay small businesses for lockdown losses

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Friday, January 15, 2021

| Nursery World

Thousands of nurseries have been handed a lifeline by the Supreme Court today, in a landmark ruling that could see them able to claim for losses, and potentially even damages, from their business insurance.

Nurseries have 'third fewer children than normal' - survey

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries have a third fewer children compared to this time last year, a snapshot poll by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) claims.

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery workers and childminders will have to travel to test centres to access asymptomatic testing for Covid-19, unlike those working in nursery classes and maintained nurseries, who will be sent home testing kits – a decision branded as ‘unfair’ and ‘insulting’ by the sector.

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