Changes to UK childcare ratios? Would love to hear what MNers from France etc think

[CharlotteBronteSaurus]

So I am slightly about the proposed changes to childcare ratios in the UK. I would be really interested to hear from those who have direct experience of how it all works in eg France, Germany. Any thoughts?

For those who might be interested, an official government e-petition has just been launched for parents against these ratio changes.

epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/45887

Although there are quite a few petitions out there, this is the only one which government has to officially respond to and can't ignore (as they seem to have ignored all the others). When the petition receives 10,000 signatures, government must provide an official response. 100,000 signatures and the topic will be considered for discussion in the House of Commons.