
Since the Prime Minister announced an easing of coronavirus lockdown measures from 1 June, providers have been assessing what safety measures need to be put in place to minimise the risk of infection and how many children are likely to return.
Both are crucial factors for providers to decide whether a setting can or should reopen.
However, with uncertainty surrounding the impact the pandemic will have on employment levels, early years experts are concerned some settings will not reopen immediately and may be deemed unviable in the longer term.
“A lot of providers are focusing on the immediate needs, but there could be a bigger impact in the medium term,” says Sara Bonetti, director of early years at Education Policy Institute. “It won’t be like switching on a light – there are definitely some settings that won’t reopen and others that will have low numbers of children.”
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