Rejected petition Stop the government increasing nursery/children centre staff-child ratios

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The government's changes to nursery and children's centre ratios will degrade the quality of care given in nurseries and the changes are being made just to cope with a lack of places in the system, and a failure to fund more staff.

The government should roll back this change for children in age groups <1 to 2 y/o (inclusive).

CURRENT RATIOS
Under one and one-year-olds - 1:3
Two-year-olds - 1:4
Three-year-olds and above - 1:8 or 1:13 (teacher-led)

PROPOSED RATIOS
Under one and one-year-olds 1:4
Two-year-olds - 1:6
Three-year-olds and above - 1:8 or 1:13 (teacher-led)

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Date submitted 18 February 2013
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