Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed that only early years staff working in maintained nurseries on school sites will be offered access to home testing kits.
Those working in private and voluntary sector settings will be “prioritised” as part of the planned community testing programme meaning they will be required to visit asymptomatic testing centres.
Williamson told the education select committee yesterday that “staff at early years settings not on school sites will be priority offered mass testing once the government’s community testing programme is rolled-out”.
As part of the joint #ProtectEarlyYears campaign, the Early Years Alliance (EYA), the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and Pacey, has called for mass testing to be rolled out at all early years settings, as well as priority access to the next phase of vaccinations and increased financial support from government.
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