tinkerbell1403 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Morning all, Ok so I have been asked by our committee to have a measure up of the preschool and check our space requirements to see if we could increase our intake per session. Obviously in the past this was something we submitted to OFSTED and they would just come back and tell us how many children we could take. This is currently 29 children per session. Now maths is not my strong point but my calculations are saying that we could take 47 children! I'm pretty sure I must be doing something wrong. Our room is a rectangle measuring 14.85m x 9.43m. We have an office space measuring 3.7m x 5.68m that cannot be counted. Would anyone be kind enough the help me work this out so I can check my calculations?! Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlesparklesnursery Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Hi Tinkerbell Our room is similar size and we take upto 45 children per session 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbell1403 Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Hi Tinkerbell Our room is similar size and we take upto 45 children per session That's good to know thank you. Can I ask how many toilets and sinks you have? I know it is no longer a requirement to have a particular number of sinks and toilets with the revisions to the welfare requirements but just wondered what other settings do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveryoung Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 What's age of children? And if you take 2's how many do you currently take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblejack Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) Our hall is about your size and we could take about 46 but we only take this amount in the summer term when the weather is suitable for the children to have free flow all day. In the summer on the rare occasions that we cannot go outside our setting changes from a calm relaxed setting to a very noisy one. Edited December 10, 2014 by bubblejack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlesparklesnursery Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 WE have 5 toilets and sinks, I spoke to our EY consultant not soo long ago and she said we can get away with one toilet/sink between 12 children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tish501 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I thought you had to deduct the square footage of furniture,fixed cupboards etc since the children cannot use that floorspace ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Oh my 45 children in one room , brave or mad ! I limit to 22 per session as I feel the children would not get the benefit and the staff would probably leg it ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblejack Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 We have 3 child size toilets and sinks in a bathroom adjoining playroom and 4 toilets and hand basins along a short corridor. Even when we at our max in summer we never have had to use these ones. yes you have to take off large furniture. We have some large tables but children use them as dens. Furniture is probably a grey area because we never have taken off portable trolleys etc that we wheel out every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowlow Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 omg I am just trying to imagine 45 all at once lol we are only allowed 24 each session and that feels full (and noisy if you believe Ofsted) I can't for a min get my head around 45 lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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