A London Assembly member has backed “clear and overwhelming opposition” to government plans to relax childcare ratios in England.
Speaking at the London Assembly Health Committee meeting, Dr Onkar Sahota said plans to bring staff-to-child ratios in line with Scotland, are “not the silver bullet to reducing childcare costs”.
Children’s minister Will Quince confirmed that the Department for Education will launch a consultation in the coming weeks on the plans, which would see ratios for two-year-olds increased to one adult per five children, up from the current limit of four.
