Pre-school Education: Staff

(asked on 20th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, if his Department will (a) undertake an impact assessment on mental health of staff in the early years sector and (b) put in place safeguarding measures and support for people in that sector as required.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 28th April 2020

Those who work in the education and childcare sector rightly take their place next to our NHS staff and other critical workers as central to our efforts in battling COVID-19. We are keenly aware that the extraordinary measures that have been taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 present an unprecedented challenge for childcare settings and their workers, as well as the communities they serve. We appreciate the selfless dedication that childcare staff demonstrate in their work every single day. We encourage childcare providers to continue to monitor and support the wellbeing of all their staff at this time.

Guidance for early years settings is published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures.

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