Yesterday, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that childcare settings will be able to operate at adult: child ratios of 1:5, rather than the current 1:4, putting England in line with Scotland.
Zoe and Lewis Steeper who have campaigned against the proposal since it was first outlined in a Government consultation into childcare reform, told Nursery World they are ‘absolutely dismayed by the decision to relax ratios'.
They explained, ‘For the past two years we have campaigned tirelessly through the pain and grief of losing Oliver, our son within a nursery. To now have this ratio relaxation banded around by Jeremy Hunt as if it’s a great achievement by the Government is nothing but an insult to us, to every EYFS staff member across the country and to parents whose children attend childcare settings.
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