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On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 03:34:21PM +0000, Philip Whateley wrote: > I don't often respond in a way that risks a flame war, but I must take > issue with the comments on nurseries. > > For a charitable nursery, most of the income is from Devon County Council > Early Years Entitlement Funding (the successor to the old voucher system) > This is currently £3.62 per hour per child, up to 15 hours per week for > eligible children (roughly from the term following their third birthday.) > For a 38 week year. > > On the other hand, Ofsted mandate the number of children you are allowed > to have in a nursery at any one time, the ratio of staff to children (1:8 > for 3 to 5 year olds); the fact that 50% of the staff must be level 3 > qualified or above, combined with single term entry to schools now being > available in Devon, means that a typical PVI setting would be lucky to > make £1000 a year surplus even at the rates of pay you quote. (The £1000 > would then usually be invested in improved facilities, or retained as > contingency). > Different bodies, different laws, different ratios and different results but I believe similar calculations apply to long term care for the aged. -- Henry Communication not signed with an original manual signature or an appropriately verified digital signature is not binding. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 or 0x3184D537 Smime Fingerprint 98:24:AE:F7:D1:D6:E5:A0:F0:55:2F:40:42:5F:46:24:F9:52:f4:30 Mon Dec 12 07:51:30 GMT 2011
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