Adult to child ratio in foundation 2

[dimplebum]

My son has just moved into foundation 2. On a normal day, they have one teacher, one TA and an
Additional TA for 1-1 with a child with severe learning difficulties.
However on a Friday when the teacher is having management and ppa time, the class is taken the TA who I presume must be a HLTA and qualified to take the class, plus the TA for the child with special needs.

The staff seem to have their hands full mon-thurs but on a Friday you can see they are run off their feet! I'm
Sure there should be more staff!?

Does anyone know what the ratios are?

What age group are they, I'm not familiar with foundation 2, are you in Scotland?

Reception.1 to 30 I think if a school.I to 8 if a nursery.

They are 4 and 5

1:30 in Reception with a qualified teacher and an HLTA can cover PPA

1:13 in Nursery if there is a qualified teacher and a level 3 qualified person (so 26 children with one teacher and one TA/NN)

1:8 if there is no qualified teacher in nursery (over 3s).

But surely the HLTA should have a TA or NN with them just as the teacher does?

The teacher isn't required to have a TA though. And anyway, isn't there a second TA in the room?

Yes but that second TA is assigned to the boy with special needs who clearly needs 1-1.

They are still a second adult in the room though. It sounds like your school is within the legal ratio.

Reception classes in maintained schools are subject to infant class size legislation. The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (as amended by the Education Act 2002) limits the size of infant classes to 30 pupils per school teacher. ?School teachers? do not include teaching assistants, higher level teaching assistants or other support staff. Consequently, in a normal teaching session, a school must employ sufficient school teachers to enable it to teach its infant classes in groups of no more than 30 per school teacher.

www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/EYFS%20Statutory%20Framework%20March%202012.pdf

legally there doesn't have to be a second adult in the room (so effectively having the 1-1 TA is a bonus)

Qualified teacher with up to 30 kids (although there are exceptions), no TA required.