Thanks, but we take children as soon as they turn 2 years old. We have three members of staff in per day. Currently our numbers are healthy, which is great, but there's 4 third birthdays coming up in May, some of those children attend on different days and the 3+ spaces are full.
i.e. staff ratio is 1:4 for under 3s and 1:8 for over 3s. On a Friday, we currently have 8 under 3s and 8 over 3s! One of the under 3s is turning 3 in May which of course means we will have 9 over 3s meaning we are going over our ratio. And, I was told in no uncertain terms by Ofsted that we could not 'share' one member of staff between age group ratios, they had to be in one or the other, if you know what I mean. Seems daft that you have the same amount of children, but once they hit 3yrs you need another staff member?!?!
I am still just learning this part of the job, they didn't cover any of this lot in the NVQ3!!!!
Am I missing something here?
Is it just me being dippy?
How do other people manage their numbers?
HELP!!!!! :crazy:
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