Emergency planning and response for education, childcare, and children’s social care settings
How educational and childcare settings should plan for and deal with emergencies, including significant public health incidents and severe weather.
Applies to England
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This guidance applies to:
- early years
- wraparound childcare and out of school settings
- children’s 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 child’s or children’s family home
Last updated 8 April 2022 + show all updates
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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.
Update history
2023-05-10 14:19
Updated ‘Emergency planning and response for education, childcare and children’s social care settings’ with information on emergency alerts, building local partnerships and recording attendance for remote education. Also added links to additional resources, templates, and checklists.
2022-10-28 16:36
Updated contact details in ‘Emergency planning and response for education, childcare, and children’s social care settings’.
2022-10-03 15:28
The guidance has been updated to include ‘extreme heat’ as an example of severe weather on pages 4 and 7.
2022-08-26 14:24
Updated Department for Education incident support email address.
2022-06-07 14:20
Updated DfE incident support helpline hours to Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm.
2022-04-08 11:23
Updated guidance for children’s social care providers, Critical workers annex and advice to check and register with Ofsted.
2022-04-01 10:52
First published.