Hello,
I have sent an eniquiry to OFSTED but seeing as how long they seem to take to awnser my emails and how impatient I am ... I thought Id ask you guys as you seem to be knowledgable on most things!!!
I am currently working as a childminder, but I am looking at setting up a childcare facility, probably in the form of a creche and I have the following initial questions ...
Can I run a creche facility but still take children prebooked all year round as well as a drop in facility?
I am aware of the staffing ratios, but what is the ratio of children to space? (As I will be converting a barn, I have quite a lot of space but dont want to over convert, so is there a maximum number of children I can have in anyone building?)
The facility will be based on a working farm and in a forest (in a forest school type style, den building in woods, back to basics, nature etc with the children also helping on the farm, feeding animals, growing veggies, looking after babies etc) As long as the facility is fully risk assessed, is this OK?
For a baby room, does this have to be an entirly seperate room or can a section of a room be partitioned off using room seperators / panels that are roughly half an adults height?
Thankyou for your help
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