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i am not working, he has so much energy that i thought nursery would be good for him, the past 3 days he has been really hyper at home!

I also had planned driving lessons, trainings, language classes and stuff in the time he was at nursery. But I guess it can wait.

i phoned them, so what do they do now? Ofsted I mean.

They will contact the setting if they are not already in touch with them, either by phone or letter, and ask for their account of the event. If they feel reassured that the setting has taken appropriate action they may leave matters until the next scheduled inspection. If they still have concerns they will visit the setting and look into this matter in more detail as well as taking a general look around to see that everything else is in order.

If they feel the setting needs to make changes it will be recorded in the inspection report and checked at the next visit.

It's a shame they didn't see fit to tell you that themselves when you called.

they said i would get a letter...

I had a similar incident with my ds at his nursery. It was a few years back now but I remember the horror and the knee jerk reaction of pulling him out of the nursery and thinking about all the what ifs .However his nursery did a full investigation, staff seem horrified, changes were made and I put him back into the nursery.

thats good to know!

I have just read this and am horrified that the nursery allowed your son to escape and now seem to be taking very little responsibility for that and are leaving the possibility open that the same thing could happen again. More generally, how can they not have any settling-in procedure where they gather information about your child? Suppose your child had allergies? How do they know whether a child is toilet-trained? All in all, this does not sound like a good childcare setting.

they asked me to leave his nappy, and that was about it lol

When DS1 was 3 he and two friends escaped from the garden of nursery into the field behind. They were "recaptured" within minutes. When I collected him I was informed straight away what had happened by the very apologetic manager. The lovely carer for their room was in still tears hours later - I had to console her.

It didn't happen again.

nailak they should ask a lot more than for you to leave his nappy. At my children's nursery there is a long-winded form to fill in all about the child to help nursery staff get to know them quickly. Then there are photos with the family, the key-worker, and a page about the child's favourite people, toy, foods etc. Then there are 2 settling days; the parent stays for the first day so they can become acquainted with routines and feel free to ask any questions. The 2nd day the parent can leave the child and the staff write up a report on how the child's day panned out. Then again after their first week, with lots of conversation each day. This, I believe, is a genuine approach to caring for your child. Just so you know what sort of care is out there.

yeah they didnt give a keyworker until i asked.... they tried to tell me they let the kids choose their own keyworker...but i could stay as much as i wanted, still can if he is unsettled.

My dd2s nursery is amazing, and I thought maybe it was an unfair comparison comparing an independant preschool to a state nursery and childrens centre.....

hmm well it's great that you have experienced a really great nursery. Can't he go there too?

maybe it was an unfair comparison comparing an independant preschool to a state nursery and childrens centre.....

I'm a registered child minder and accept state funding. I am 100% confident that I can offer just as good quality care as any other, however they get their money. It's the staff that make the difference.

It's also been mentioned that they may be getting used to catering for 2 year olds. Not good enough excuse in my opinion. For a start, most of the staff should be qualified with an NVQ or equivalent. The childcare level 2 and 3 qualifications do not focus on one age! They cover birth to eight, or birth to sixteen, so they will have been trained in how to care for this age group. Secondly, 2 year olds arent that different from 3 year olds! They should have had appropriate security in place for their 3 year olds anyway. The worst bolter I cared for was 6 years old!

Keyworker system - are you aware that this is not optional. The early years foundation stage 2012 states that there must be a keyworker assigned to each child. I would mention this, as his key worker should have known where he was.

And as for it all being one member of staffs fault and the management not taking responsability! Dont get me started...!!!!!

He can't go to my dds nursery as they don't take 2 year olds.

The ofsted report is good, I just read it, it italks about special books and new parents info packs, i never got any of that!!!

Better at home than a nursery that doesn't keep him safe, surely? He is too young for free places so couldn't you find a childminder until he is old enough to go to your dd's nursery?

/8520no he is not too young for free places, as in our borough 2 year olds whose families get family tax credits above basic element are elegible for 15 free hours. I can take these hours at outstanding childminders though. That is something I haven't considered and may work. I will talk to childrens centre on Mon. Thank you.