Updated 27 July 2020
Updated guidance includes:
- content from the planning guide for early years and childcare settings so that all coronavirus (COVID-19) information for early years settings is in one place - the planning guide has now been removed
- an autumn funding update and hyperlink to updated local authority guidance
- information on the validity of paediatric first-aid certificates
- information on wraparound care
- information on managing requests for site visits from parents and carers for admissions in September
- information about data collection changes
- information about reporting to Ofsted when there is a confirmed case of coronavirus in a setting
- information to reflect the removal of the requirement to keep children in small, consistent groups within settings but still minimising mixing where possible
- information to reflect changes in legislation to the 30 hours free entitlement
To read the full guidance, visit: