Coventry Schools' Early Education Funding Entitlement

Free Schools and Academies

For children aged three and over in nursery classes, where a person with Qualified Teacher Status, Early Years Professional Status, Early Years Teacher Status or an approved level 6 qualification, an instructor* or another suitably qualified overseas trained teacher, is working directly with the children;

• there must be at least one member of staff for every 13 children
• in addition to a point 1 above, one other member of staff must hold an approved level 3 qualification
• when the teacher is not working directly with pupils, for short amounts of time e.g.lunchtime or Planning, Preparation and Assessment periods (PPA), a ratio of 1:8must be applied and at least one other member of staff must hold an approved level 3 qualification

For children aged two years:

• there must be at least one member of staff for every four children
• at least one member of staff must hold an approved level 3 qualification
• at least half of all other staff must hold an approved level 2 qualification
• staff must additionally be under the direction and supervision of a qualified or nominated teacher when carrying out specified work (as laid out in the Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012). Specified work broadly encompasses lesson (or curriculum) planning, delivering lessons, assessing the development, progress and attainment of pupils and reporting on the latter. The headteacher must be satisfied that the staff have the skills, expertise and experience needed to carry out the work and determine the appropriate level of direction and supervision

*An instructor is a person at the school who provides education which consists of instruction in any art or skill, or in any subject or group of subjects, in circumstances where: (a) special qualifications or experience or both are required for such instruction; and (b) the person or body of persons responsible for the management of the school is satisfied as to the qualifications or experience (or both) of the person providing education.

Maintained nursery classes, voluntary aided/voluntary controlled and maintained nursery schools

For children aged three and over:

• there must be at least one member of staff for every 13 children
• at least one member of staff must be a school teacher as defined by section 122 of the Education Act 2002
• at least one other member of staff must hold an approved level 3 qualification
• when the teacher is not working directly with pupils, for short amounts of time e.g.lunchtime or Planning, Preparation and Assessment periods (PPA), a ratio of 1:8must be applied and at least one other member of staff must hold an approved level 3 qualification.

For children aged two years

• there must be at least one member of staff for every four children
• at least one member of staff must hold an approved level 3 qualification
• at least half of all other staff must hold an approved level 2 qualification
• staff must additionally be under the direction and supervision of a qualifiedor nominated teacher when carrying out specified work (as laid out in the Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012). Specified work broadly encompasses lesson (or curriculum) planning, delivering lessons, assessing the development, progress and attainment of pupils and reporting on the latter. The headteacher must be satisfied that the staff have the skills, expertise and experience needed to carry out the work and determine the appropriate level of direction and supervision