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Early years providers are struggling to access Covid tests, despite the Government saying they should have priority access to tests
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EXCLUSIVE: Ofsted data shows early years settings with Covid cases doubling every week

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Little Oaks in Manchester bought a portable sink with their grant
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Coronavirus: PVI recovery fund a ‘lifeline’ for early years settings

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Maintained nursery schools fear closure without emergency funding to cover their losses during the pandemic
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Coronavirus: Nursery schools warn survival on a 'cliff edge'

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Primary schools are focussing on reading as 'the foundation for wider learning' in children's return to school
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Parental anxiety leads to rise in parents choosing to home school children - Ofsted

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Figures show that the number of children returning to early years settings is on the rise
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Occupancy in early years settings rising slowly

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The disadvantage gap among young children is thought to have widened as a result of nursery and school closures during the pandemic but more evidence is needed
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Research to look at impact of lockdown on Reception children's readiness for school

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Coronavirus: One in five schools report ‘significant’ absences due to Covid-19

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How Steiner kindergartens supported children and families in lockdown

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Coronavirus: Early Years Alliance survey into impact of pandemic

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Tricia Pritchard, chair of Regulation Matters, which is campaigning for a scheme to register nannies and the regulation of nanny agencies
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Campaigners express frustration over Government’s refusal to register nannies

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Thousands of early years providers across the country have lower numbers of children attending than they would usually this term, as a result of the pandemic
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Coronavirus: Councils ignoring DfE guidance on funding nurseries and childminders at pre-Covid levels

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Children's commissioner Anne Longfield
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Coronavirus: Children must be at the ‘forefront’ of Covid-19 planning

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The survey found that the least qualified and experienced staff were more likely to have been furloughed or made redundant
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Coronavirus: 7 in 10 early years staff on furlough - survey

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County councils are warning that closures in rural areas would leave families without any childcare at all
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Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas

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During lockdown early years settings relied on technology to communicate with families and share resources and activities for children's home learning
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Coronavirus: Technology vital in communicating with parents and supporting children at home - study

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Nurseries and childminders have reported struggles both with accessing Covid tests and delays with results
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Outcry from the early years sector as minister confirms testing kits for maintained nurseries only

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