Childcare: coronavirus

Guidance and services

• Protecting staff and children from the coronavirus: guidance for open access playwork providers
  How to keep staff, children and young people safe whilst attending open access playwork provision such as a playschemes.
• Children’s soft play and indoor play areas, including parties: coronavirus
  Guidance for indoor play and soft play centres to help keep children, their parents or carers and employees safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Advice for nannies and their employers: coronavirus
  How coronavirus regulations affect you as a nanny or their employer.
• Apply for the Childcare Providers Grant: coronavirus
  Childcare providers including child minders, nurseries, cylch meithrin, crèches and out of school clubs can apply for up to £5,000 to cover loss of income between 1 April 2020 to 30 June 2020.
• Protective measures in childcare settings: keep childcare safe
  How to get your childcare service ready to allow more children to attend and protect them and your staff from coronavirus.
• Childcare Provider Grant: privacy notice
  How we will use your personal information that you provide when applying for the Childcare Provider Grant.
• National Minimum Standards (NMS) and guidance: regulated childcare
  Guidance on the standards childcare providers must meet to look after children.
• Reopening children's playgrounds and outdoor play areas: coronavirus
  Guidance for those in charge of playgrounds or outdoor play areas to keep children safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Childcare and play: coronavirus firebreak guidance
  Guidance for childcare and play providers and parents during the firebreak (from 6:00pm on Friday 23 October).
• Childcare settings: coronavirus testing and contact tracing guidance
  Information on the antigen (swab) and antibody (blood) tests and contact tracing.
• COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool: guidance
  COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool guidance for managers and staff.
• Guidance for parents on reopening of applications for the Childcare Offer for Wales: coronavirus
  What to do if you have applied for or want to apply for 30 hours of early education and childcare for 3 and 4 year olds.
• Guidance for childcare providers on reopening of applications for The Childcare Offer for Wales: coronavirus
  What providers must do as a result of reopening applications for 30 hours of early education and childcare for 3 and 4 year olds.
• Guidance for local authorities on reopening applications for The Childcare Offer for Wales: coronavirus
  What local authorities need to do to manage the restart of the childcare offer for 3 and 4 year olds.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• The decision framework for the next phase of education and childcare
  Policy and strategy
  How we are changing the way that school and childcare providers work during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Childcare, Play and Early Years Division: response to COVID-19: integrated impact assessment
  Impact assessment
  Assessment of decisions around COVID-19 during March 2020 and April 2020.