Government has offered ‘little to no support to help keep settings open’, early years leaders say
Nurseries in England have been forced to reduce their opening hours and even close entirely because of staff shortages after Covid-19 cases soared in early-years settings, with almost 3,700 reports in a single week.
According to government figures published on Monday, during the week before Christmas, Ofsted received 3,697 notifications of coronavirus in nursery, preschool and childminding settings. Each notification covers a single site and can represent more than one case.