AQW 15814/22-27

Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley

Tabled Date: 26/09/2024
Answered On Date: 30/09/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education when the review of staff to child ratios across all preschool education settings, as referenced to in a Fair Start Report, will be published.

Answer:

In 2022 my Department commissioned a scoping study to analyse the current state of the pre-school education sector and cost a range of options for standardisation of funded pre-school education provision, including adjusting the staffing ratio. The report was circulated to Executive colleagues and is available on the Department’s website at Final Scoping Study Report | Department of Education (education-ni.gov.uk).