Catherine Gaunt

Brett Wigdortz: 'It’s a different time in a different economic environment and people are looking for what to do in a post-Covid world'
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Interview - Brett Wigdortz, founder of Tiney

People
Many parents want to see coronavirus cases fall before they feel safe to send their child back to a childcare setting
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Early years sector and parents divided on reopening settings

Coronavirus
Children at Early Years at Bincombe Valley Primary School returning today. Photo: Twitter
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DfE survey finds around half of parents sending their child back to childcare today

Provision
Schools and early years settings are opening to more children from today
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Nursery nurse staff voice concern about safety of reopening to more children

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From Monday (1 June), children can return to early years settings and Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 in primary school
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Worries about children's safety putting parents off sending children back to nursery and school

Coronavirus
Education experts have criticised the Government's plans for opening schools and early years setting to more children
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Experts slam Government guidance on ‘rushed return’ to nursery and school

Coronavirus
Four in ten childminders said they were not confident their business would survive the Covid-19 pandemic
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Workforce survey: Share your early years story

Coronavirus
More childminders than nurseries have stayed open during the lockdown, a survey suggests
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Childminders more likely to stay open than nurseries, survey suggests

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Social workers will work in schools to help identify children at risk

Coronavirus
Early years settings and schools are expected to reopen to more children from 1 June
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Government slammed for failing to treat early years providers equally with schools

Coronavirus
Families will be able to apply for funding for equipment and resources for home learning during the coronavirus crisis
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SEND: Families can apply for share of £10m in coronavirus crisis home-learning fund

Funding
The UK day nursery market is worth £6.7 billion
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30 hour childcare key to getting the country back to work, says nursery market report

Management
Lockdown is leading to more children being exposed to secondhand smoke, research suggests
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Coronavirus: Children more at risk of secondhand smoke in lockdown

Health
Government has told childminders they can return to work from today
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'Absolute joke': Childminders on being told they can reopen with less than 24 hours' notice

Policy & Politics
PACEY's 2019 campaign about the role of childminders may not have reached the government's lockdown exit plan document
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Childminders left confused by mixed messaging from Government over work return

Policy & Politics
Gavin Williamson
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DfE releases new guidance for early years settings and schools ahead of wider opening

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