Thank you to Ruth for giving me permission to post here on Silkysteps about a petition which has been started to raise awareness of the concerns many childminders and early years professionals have regarding the Government's plan to mess with adult child ratios.
While it might look good to start with there are a lot of concerns about where all the extra children are going to come from... how it will affect outcomes, safety, health, wellbeing etc... and the possible damage to our short and long term sustainability if fees wars break out.
The petition is here -
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petition...s-ratios-alone
It currently has nearly 15000 signatures in just a few days - which shows the strength of feeling and concern out there!
Thank you
