The relaxations were put in place on 24 April and will be applied during the crisis. They will be reviewed on a monthly basis and providers will be notified through official channels when this comes to an end.
Most of the exemptions will end immediately at that point, except for disapplications on staffing qualifications in ratios, where there will be a two-month transitional period for settings to restore full staffing levels.
As flagged up on 16 April, early years settings will not be required to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS, although they should use 'reasonable endeavours' to do so.
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