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Editor's View - Thinking about ratios in the EYFS Review

I think the whole early years sector is still recovering from all the excitement of Dame Clare Tickell's EYFS Review, released last week.

The Nursery World team worked frantically to publish comprehensive news and analysis of the proposals, both online and in the magazine, in double-quick time, and we know already that our website had its highest-ever traffic as a result.

We also whizzed Helen Moylett, who worked on the review, to our Learning Through Play conference to give a run-down of the main recommendations on the same day as the release.

The EYFS Review is a substantial piece of work, of course, and close reading yields many interesting points to ponder and discuss.

Ratios is one such issue. Dame Clare recommends more flexibility in day nurseries if the overall adult:child ratio is correct, in terms of exactly who is in which room and when.

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