The letter, written by chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) June O’Sullivan, says it is “crucial for the government not to relax the nursery ratios of staff to children”.
Research papers indicate the “significance of high staff-to-children ratios to the quality of provision”.
High quality early years provision is particularly crucial to the success of “those from more disadvantaged backgrounds”, O’Sullivan adds.
She warns that relaxing ratios could lead to staff having less time to spend with children and put more pressure on staff “who are quitting the sector in droves because of lack of respect for what they do, low status, poor salaries and lack of support”.
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