The UK’s largest nursery group Busy Bees is among those that has called on the Government to revisit its criteria to protect jobs and the sector as a whole.
Nursery World has also heard that some nurseries will not be able to pay staff they had already put on furlough, based on the original guidance issued a month ago and reassurances from the Department from Education that they would be able to claim under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme(CJRS).
The change means that providers can only access the scheme for the percentage of staff wages that is not usually covered by early education funding.
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