Is this normal ratio wise?

[busybee20]

Hello just a quick question my DD has started reception this year and I was surprised that in a class of 30 children , only two members of staff. The class teacher and teaching assistant. Does this apply in all schools?

[Oggy]

This was the ratio in my sons reception class.

[spanieleyes]

The legal ratio is one teacher to 30 children, you might think yourself lucky there is a TA too!

[thisisyesterday]

yeah pretty much!

when I were a girl we had one teacher to 30 kids.

[PotatoSkins]

that would be normal.

[Runoutofideas]

Yes it is normal - In dds' school TA time reduces as they get older too. In reception Teacher plus full time TA. In Year 1 teacher plus 2 TAs for 3 classes. In Yr 2 Teacher plus 1 TA for 3 classes.....

[prh47bridge]

Yes, that is absolutely normal. As spanieleyes says the TA is not required legally. In some schools you will find infant classes of 30 children with just one teacher.

[mrz]

The legal ratio for reception is one teacher to 30 pupils as prh says a TA isn't required by law.

[busybee20]

Thanks everyone. Just a bit of a shock when used to seeing more staff at nursery.

[spanieleyes]

The difficulty Reception classes have is in trying to run the same type of curriculum as Nursery with half the staff!