Department For Education
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This guidance applies to:
- early years
- wraparound childcare and out of school settings
- childrens social care
- schools
- further education
- higher education
- special educational needs and disability (SEND) and specialist settings
This guidance does not apply to:
- nannies or au pairs, as they work in the childs or childrens family home
Published 1 April 2022
Last updated 3 October 2022
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The guidance has been updated to include 'extreme heat' as an example of severe weather on pages 4 and 7.
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Updated Department for Education incident support email address.
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Updated DfE incident support helpline hours to Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm.
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Updated guidance for children's social care providers, Critical workers annex and advice to check and register with Ofsted.
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First published.