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by: nannynick

I feel the regulations need to be rewritten and tightened up. I see far too often children being left in the care of one adult - because the nursery considers that its number of staff on premises that counts, not number of staff in a room.

My feeling is that if a member of staff can not see, hear and quickly touch a child then that child is not in their care. I feel there should be two members of staff in each room - walls and doors stop you hearing and seeing other children, so you can't be responsible for children in another room.

Also, when combining age groups together such as at the beginning and end of the day, I feel guidance needs to be more readily available. For instance how do you work out how many staff you need when you have babies and toddlers combined together - is it a 1:3.5 ratio?

Standard 2.9 There is a minimum of two adults on duty.
This needs rewriting, as it could be intrepeted as two adults in the entire nursery!

Standard 2.12 The adult:child ratios relate to staff time available to work directly with children.

This says to me that staff on Lunch are NOT included in ratio. Staff who are doing other things, such as cleaning are NOT included in ratio.

I can't be the only person to think this, can I?

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