Catherine Gaunt

The number of children attending nurseries, pre-schools and childminders during the current national lockdown is just 62 per cent of pre-pandemic daily levels
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Coronavirus: Early years sector faces predicted losses of a quarter of a billion pounds this term

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N Family Club's London Fields nursery - PHOTO Taran Wilkhu, copyright N Family Club
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Nursery group launches training academy

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Free business support for childcare businesses

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The Government has said it will continue to offer vaccinations by age, rather than occupation, in phase 2 of the rollout
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Coronavirus: Early years workers and teachers will not be prioritised for phase 2 of the vaccine

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Ofsted is aiming to return to full inspections during the summer term
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Ofsted: Early years assurance inspections cancelled, ahead of return to full inspection

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Private and voluntary nurseries have to access lateral flow tests themselves by sending staff to community testing sites, unlike schools and maintained nurseries that are sent test kits
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Coronavirus: All PVI nurseries to be sent home-testing kits

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#ThumbsUpForEarlyYears: Nursery World editor Liz Roberts
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Early years sector unites to give thumbs up for early years

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DfE consults on minor changes to the EYFS

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The number of early years settings reporting incidents of coronavirus nearly doubled during the week of 11 January
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Covid cases in early years settings nearly double in a week

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Local authorities kept back more than £55m in early education funding in 2019/20, according to the FOI findings
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Councils have millions in unspent early years funding, investigation reveals

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The NEU and Unison say that early years settings should be closed in line with schools
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Coronavirus: Survey reveals 'serious concerns' among early years workers about their safety

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The NEU analysis has found that cases of Covid-19 are on average much higher among teachers and support staff in schools
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Coronavirus: Infection rates among teachers and school support staff 'much higher' than among general public

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Schools have been asked to carry out the EYFS Profile with Reception children this summer, only of they are able to do so
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EYFS Profile will not be mandatory this summer

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Early years settings will receive funding for children that are registered with them, but are not currently attending due to the pandemic
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Coronavirus: DfE tells local authorities to fund children temporarily absent from nurseries

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Nurseries were among thousands of small businesses that were forced to close during the first lockdown, but found their business interruption insurance did not pay out
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Supreme Court rules insurers must pay small businesses for lockdown losses

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Nurseries, pre-schools and childminders have been told they must go to community testing sites to access asymptomatic testing, while early years workers in schools will receive home testing kits
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Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

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