What are nursery ratio's?

[Loushah]

Hi all, just wondered does anyone know what nursery ratio's are now?

[Trouble]

depends how old but ususally 1 - 3 or so many per room

soon to change according to ofsted

[Loushah]

So the ratio for nursery is the same as a childminder? 3:1. I always thought nursery's had a higher ratio of under 5 year olds to one adult. Glad I asked the question, thank you.

[Pixie dust]

It was 1 member of staff for every 3 under 2's
1 to 4 for 2-3's
1 to 8 for over 3's


that was when I worked in daycare

[blue bear]

0-2 is 1 adult to 3 children
2-3 is 1 adult to 4 children
3-5 is 1 adult to 8 children or if a level six (qualified teacher) is working with the children between 8 am and 4pm it's 1 adult to 13 children.

[Loushah]

It was 1 member of staff for every 3 under 2's
1 to 4 for 2-3's
1 to 8 for over 3's

that was when I worked in daycare

Thanks Pixie Dust....so childminder's do have smaller ratio's...got a parent coming round tomorrow who is looking for childcare and not sure to go with a nursery or childminder. At least now I can say childminder's have smaller ratio's.

[Loushah]

0-2 is 1 adult to 3 children
2-3 is 1 adult to 4 children
3-5 is 1 adult to 8 children or if a level six (qualified teacher) is working with the children between 8 am and 4pm it's 1 adult to 13 children.

Wow 1 adult to 13 children...sounds like a lot of children.

[Trouble]

Wow 1 adult to 13 children...sounds like a lot of children.

we have 2 rooms open with 24 children in and its extremely noisy