Catherine Gaunt

Nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are not included in the Government's £1 bn 'catch-up' funding plan
News

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

Coronavirus
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Nurseries in Wales can reopen from Monday

Coronavirus
Tulip Siddiq, Labour's shadow children and early years minister
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Shadow minister calls for explanation as to why early years excluded from Government catch-up plan

Coronavirus
Families have had very different experiences of the lockdown, while schools have been closed
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Coronavirus has exacerbated problems for low-income families

Policy & Politics
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Paediatricians call on PM for urgent plan for all children to return to school

Coronavirus
Only as the lockdown eases will the full extent of the impact of Covid-19 on children and families become apparent
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Families struggling before lockdown face even more pressure after the coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus
Nurseries and schools will not find out until next week whether they will be able to reopen on 29 June
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New funded childcare places on hold until September in Wales

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

Coronavirus
Children from Mama Bear's nurseries in Bristol started to return last week
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Just 10 per cent of early years children have returned to settings

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

Coronavirus
Schools and settings have started to reopen to primary children this week, after being closed to all but vulnerable children and key workers since 20 March
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Coronavirus: 10 years of closing the gap reversed by school closures

Coronavirus
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TUC calls for emergency bailout of childcare sector

Coronavirus
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Wales sets out plans to reopen nurseries and schools at the end of the month

Coronavirus
Acorn Nurseries: 'Very happy children in all our nurseries so far. Here’s Poppy explaining how to stay safe from the virus by washing hands "really long" and keeping away from it in her "pink angel flying boots" ' Twitter
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DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

Coronavirus
Childminders in Scotland can reopen to more children from 3 June
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Childminders and outdoor nurseries in Scotland now able to open to more children

Coronavirus
High Meadows’ dinosaur helps explain the rules to children
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Early years settings divided on readiness to reopen for more children

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