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90 – CHAPTER 8: POLICIES INFLUENCING PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH AND PRACTICEFigure 8.2 Regulated staff-child ratios from 3 years old to compulsory schooling age, by countryJapanFranceSpainPortugalKorea*ItalyIrelandBritish Columbia (CAN)TurkeyNetherlandsOECD-19 AverageNorway**IsraelMecklenburg-Western Pomerania (DEU)Schleswig-Holstein (DEU)Thuringia (DEU)Western Australia (AUS)Victoria (AUS)French Community (BEL)Total AverageRhineland-Palatinate (DEU)Hesse (DEU)Saxony -Anhalt (DEU)Saxony (DEU)Saarland (DEU)Northern Ireland (GBR)England (UKM)*Czech RepublicBaden-Württemberg (DEU)AustriaLower Saxony (DEU)Slovak RepublicQueensland (AUS)Prince Edward Island (CAN)Hamburg (DEU)Northern Territory (AUS)HungaryBerlin* (DEU)Australian Capital Territory (AUS)Tasmania (AUS)South Australia (AUS)Oklahoma (USA)New South Wales (AUS)Massachusetts (USA)Georgia (USA)SloveniaNorth Carolina (USA)North Rhine-Westphalia (DEU)Scotland (UKM)New ZealandEstoniaFinland15180 10 20 30 40Number of children per member of staffNotes: * Jurisdictions with separate regulations for staff-child ratio for different age groups, the data given is based on: 3-6-yearoldsattending for 5-7 hours per day in Berlin and 4-year-olds in Korea. In England (UKM), a regulated staff-child ratio of 1:13is maintained when a qualified teacher or early years practitioner at Level 6 is working in the group. This ratio changes to 1:8when there is no qualified teacher or early years practitioner at Level 6 working in the group.** The figure for Norway applies only to qualified kindergarten teachers, whereas regulations stipulate that if other staff are alsopresent in the kindergarten setting, the number of children per member of staff is effectively lower. The figure for Norway isbased on regulation for 3-6-year-olds.Source: OECD (2012), Starting Strong III, OECD Publishing, Paris.EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE PEDAGOGY REVIEW: ENGLAND © OECD 2015