From Friday 1 April 2022, the DfE COVID-19 helpline will become the DfE incident support helpline and will continue to be available to answer questions relating to COVID-19.
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk
Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)
If you work in a school, please have your unique reference number (URN or UKPRN) available when calling the helpline.
Guidance specific to education and childcare that settings should refer to after 1 April 2022 includes:
The Welsh Government has published a series of guidance for schools and childcare settings.
The Scottish government’s Coronavirus (COVID-19): early learning and childcare services has been updated (6 January 2022) to include:
Education Scotland’s Covid Education Recovery guidance includes updated guidance including self-isolation and testing FAQs.
Updated NHS COVID-19 symptoms lists The NHS COVID-19 symptoms in adults and symptoms in children have been updated. Adults and children who have symptoms of
The revised Covid school guidance and Early Learning and Childcare provider notice documents have been updated and added to the National Improvement Hub (1 and
DfE have put out the following update for education and childcare settings: On Tuesday 29 March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,
From Thursday 17 March, if someone in a childminder’s household has tested positive or has COVID-19 symptoms, childminders can continue to operate at home. Childminders
The Government announced on 21 February that staff and students/children in all mainstream education settings (including PVI and maintained nurseries) are no longer advised to
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 21 February about future Covid-19 regulations, changes affecting the early years include: From Monday 21 February, the Government is
From today settings are no longer required to notify Ofsted, or the childminder agency with which they are registered, of any COVID-19 cases in the
The guidance for early years and childcare providers has been updated: This update reflects the announcement on 19 January 2022 on the removal of Plan
From Monday 17 January in England, the following applies to all positive cases, regardless of vaccination status. People who are self-isolating with COVID-19 have the
DfE have issued guidance on What childminders should do when someone they live with has COVID-19 symptoms, tested positive, or is self-isolating as a close
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