Steve Posted November 13, 2003 Posted November 13, 2003 Hi - I'm posting this on behalf of a member who prefers not to post it herself. Any ideas anyone? Please can you tell me if there have been any new laws or guidelines regarding age discrimination in private nurseries. I work in a private (Montessori) nursery in the London area and we have been told we must drop our entry age from two and a half to two. I wondered if this was accurate information.
Guest Posted November 13, 2003 Posted November 13, 2003 I have just been on the NDNA website and there is nothing on there about new legislation regarding minimum ages. It would be useful to who told this person and when is it supposed to come into force? I find it hard to believe that nurseries can be told that they have to take children younger than they are doing. As a pre-school we can take children from 2-2 1/2 but we don't-we take them from 2 years 9 months. Does that mean we are discriminating? Having just had our OFSTED inspection nothing was mentioned about it. Linda
Steve Posted November 13, 2003 Author Posted November 13, 2003 Hi Linda - I agree with you but I'm not an expert. I think the member who asked me to post it was unsure about the person who had told her as well - so it could well have been someone who was giving out inaccurate information. For what it's worth, this is what I suggested in my email to her: As far as I know there is no legislation that says you HAVE to take a 2 year old, although the new Ofsted category for nurseries is over two and under five. so nurseries are allowed to, but hopefully not compelled to. But as I said, I'm not an expert!
bubblejack Posted November 14, 2003 Posted November 14, 2003 When I had my last Ofsted the inspector pointed out to me that the standards stated that if I am now registered to take children from the age of 2 instead of 2.6 yrs.There was no pressure on me to do so.
Guest Posted November 14, 2003 Posted November 14, 2003 Most preschools are now allowed to take children from 2.It is up to the preschool if they want to.It is not compulsory.
Guest Posted November 14, 2003 Posted November 14, 2003 Dear All, When I received my new revised registration after I had increased my numbers by 2, the registration certificate said I was able to take children from 2, when I questioned the Ofsted inspector why this was, she told me that their computer cannot accept halves i.e. 2 1/2 years!!!!! What does this say to you? But I didn't have to take in children from 2!! Poses a slight problem when parents look at the certificate and ask why I cannot take their 2 year old!! Nikki
bubblejack Posted November 16, 2003 Posted November 16, 2003 If Ofsted dosen't do1/2's do you think that this is the reason that they have increased the ratio of staff required for all children under 3.It used to be 1-5 it is now 1-4.
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