Press Coverage 2021
12 January
- The Mirror: Nurseries forced to operate at high capacity during lockdown or risk going bust
- Sky News: COVID-19: Nurseries want priority access to testing and vaccines
- MailOnline: `No intention´ by Government to close nurseries, says Education Secretary
- MailOnline: Less than three quarters of state secondary pupils stayed in lessons in week before Christmas as attendances plummeted, figures show
11 January
- BBC.co.uk: Covid-19: Early years staff 'should have vaccine priority'
- daynurseries.co.uk: Early years leaders welcome rapid testing for all nursery staff across England
- Nursery World: Early years settings will be given rapid Covid-19 testing kits
10 January
8 January
- CYP Now: Early years leaders campaign for increased protection to open during lockdown
- The Independent: Lockdown: Nursery staff fear for health as early year providers told to stay open while schools shut
- Evening Standard: Nursery workers feel ‘abandoned’ by Government after schools ordered to close
- daynurseries.co.uk: Childcare boss calls for Covid test kits given to schools to be redistributed to nurseries
7 January
- BBC.co.uk: 'Show us it's safe' to be open, say nursery staff
- LBC.co.uk: Nurseries are "Covid-secure", insists Priti Patel
6 January
- BBC.co.uk: 'Very little' virus risk at nurseries, says vaccine minister
- The Times: Scientists say nurseries should close for coronavirus lockdown
- MailOnline: Nurseries opt for partial closures amid safety fears, says Early Years Alliance
- The Mirror: Lockdown 'not enough' as experts demand nurseries close and return of two-metre rule
5 January
- The Guardian: Unison calls for nurseries in England to close amid third Covid lockdown
- Daily Express: Why do nurseries stay open in lockdown?
- MailOnline: Decision to keep nurseries open may have been political - expert
- The Yorkshire Post: Why are nurseries staying open in Lockdown? Early years settings are still open despite school closures
- daynurseries.co.uk: Nurseries get 'no words of support' as government keeps them open but closes all schools in England
- The Mirror: Keeping nurseries open in lockdown may have been 'political' decision, says SAGE expert