A snap poll of more than 1,000 early years providers carried out last week by the Early Years Alliance (EYA) also found that one in three providers (31 per cent) have been forced to fully close for a period of time at least once in the past two months.
For nursery and pre-school staff, the most common reasons for staff self-isolation were a household member testing positive or displaying symptoms (cited by 49 per cent of respondents) another known close contact, such as a friend, testing positive (32 per cent) or being alerted of the need to self-isolated by the NHS Test and Trace App (31 per cent).
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