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Supervision and Capacity Planner
How many children a church play area can hold at one time is set by three things at once: the supervision ratio for the age band, the number of adults you can actually put in the room, and the per-room ceiling once furniture and circulation are placed. Floor area is only ever the fourth constraint. This planner shows you which of the four is binding for your room.
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Ratios used: 1 adult to 3 children under 36 months, 1 to 7 for ages 3 to 5, 1 to 15 for school age, with a floor of 2 adults in any staffed room. Per-room ceilings: 10 infants, 12 toddlers, 15 for preschool and above. A single acoustic space is capped at 15 children. The area check uses 4.6 m² of usable play area per child. These are the same planning assumptions used on the guide page, and they are not a substitute for childcare licensing rules where those apply to your programme.
