We have just enrolled our nearly 8 month old daughter in a local nursery for 3 days a week starting in mid-August. When looking round, we were assured that the staff to baby ratio is one to three. However, I have been for two settling in sessions this week. Both times there was one (admittedly very competent) carer in sole charge of five babies under 18 months. When I questioned this, I was told on the first occasion it was because other staff were doing after school pick ups. Today it was apparently because other staff were on their lunch break. The lady in charge was on her own for the entire hour and ten minutes we were there. As a result, when she gave one baby their lunch, all the others were just left to their own devices and, at one point, she was trying to console 3 crying babies at once!
I feel really anxious about this and was wondering what other mumsnetters think? Is this situation unusual or even illegal?
We are a bit stuck because our first choice nursery has a waiting list over a year long and we won't get a place there till December.
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Really worried about Nursery staffing after settling in sessions
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Elizabeth19 · 18/07/2007 20:45
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