Nursery World - Working Mum

There are pros and cons to a school nursery, but having both daughters in the same place just swung it for Working Mum

As a working mum, do you accept the much sought-after maintained nursery place that you’ve been allocated, or put off juggling school hours for another year and turn it down? It’s a dilemma that I faced with my eldest daughter three years ago.

Moving from a private day nursery where the hours are fixed around the needs of working parents to short school days and long holidays is tough. Even with frequent talk of wraparound care, schools simply do not seem geared up to it when it comes to early years children. Many, certainly where I live, have tight restrictions on the number of children they care for aged under five years old, or do not admit them.

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