CYP Now - Early years leaders back plans to scrap isolation rules

Early years leaders have backed plans to end the use of isolation to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in education settings from September.

Nursery closures have left children learning at home. Picture: Adobe Stock

Current restrictions mean that children are split into bubbles of classes, year groups and nursery groups depending on the size of the setting.

In many cases vast numbers of children are being forced to isolate at home if one child tests positive.

According to latest Department for Education figures, last week 279,000 children were self-isolating having potentially been in contact with a positive case in school.

Early years data shows that on 24 June, 937,000 children were attending childcare settings – about 58 per cent of the number of children who usually attend childcare in term time.

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