Originally Posted by
lisbet
It is the part of the proposal concerned with changing ratios in nurseries that particularly worries me. I used to work in a nursery that strove to give responsive care to each baby and child, and it was challenging enough under current ratios, regardless of our level of education and expertise. I think more children per adult will damage the quality of relationships and early years experiences, and have an especially negative impact on the most vulnerable children.
Also, there are only a finite number of jobs for parents/ children needing care, and if large nurseries are able to get more children into the same space by meeting relatively low qualification requirements, then perhaps they will be able to attract parents away from childminders?
And I also thought it would mean that a child minder could technically have 6 early years children too? :confused:
(I'm also concerned about child minder agencies and the 'schoolification' of the early years. :()