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An assessment of the effect that the following changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Statutory Framework may have on groups with protected characteristics:

• a change to the statutory minimum staff:child ratios for 2-year-olds from 1:4 to 1:5
• a clarification that childminders can care for more than the specified maximum of 3 young children if they are caring for siblings of children they already care for, or if the childminder is caring for their own child
• a clarification that adequate supervision while children are eating means children must be within sight and hearing of an adult