Stay at Home: Who can go to school?

The guidance says, “Colleges, primary (reception onwards) and secondary schools will remain open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers.

“All other children will learn remotely until 8 of March at the earliest.”

Read the full updated ‘Going to school’, National lockdown: Stay at Home – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) guidance.

What about childcare?

There are several ways that parents and carers can continue to access childcare:

Early years settings (including nurseries and childminders) remain open
Childminders should continue to allow children to attend as normal except for school-aged children. Childminders caring for school-aged children (including reception children) should only admit vulnerable children and children of critical workers.
Vulnerable children and children of critical workers can continue to use registered childcare, childminders and other childcare activities (including wraparound care)
parents are able to form a childcare bubble with one other household for the purposes of informal childcare, where the child is under 14. This is mainly to enable parents to work, and must not be used to enable social contact between adults
some households will also be able to benefit from being in a support bubble
nannies will be able to continue to provide services, including in the home