Am I right to think they're virtually useless to most working parents?
Currently DS attends private nursery for a couple of full days a week while I work part time. I'd hoped that when he became eligible for early years funding our nursery bill would reduce but it seems that it won't because in my area the council provides 5 x 2.5hr sessions a week at a nursery linked to a primary school, rather than funding towards a private nursery place.
How does this fit with me working a full day? Who would look after DS after I start work and before school nursery day starts and who would then pick him up when it ends (around 1130am?!!) and take him on to private nursery? I'll be at work...?
Will I have to switch to a childminder at the point he starts school nursery? Our current private nursery doesn't do school drop offs.
Am I right in thinking in England / Scotland / NI it's funding you get i.e. money off the cost of childminder or private nursery, not a place at a school nursery?
It seems that despite this being a less than ideal system, in my area, I'm not even guaranteed to get a place for DS that's close to home due to too much demand. The only funded places close to home with guaranteed spaces available are Welsh medium. We don't speak Welsh and weren't planning on Welsh medium school for DS either.
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needtobediscreet · 06/05/2014 17:16
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