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.
• Keeping children safe in childcare: coronavirus
  Guidance to help childcare providers and parents to protect children.
• 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 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 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 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 schools, further education 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.