Child locked in shed unattended at nursery

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I’ve name changed for this.

My LB is due to start in local day nursery in the new year, I have friends that already attend the nursery.

It has come out that there was a situation in which an older child (3+) was accidentally locked in the shed in the garden whilst the rest of the class went inside. The child was only realised to be missing when their parent turned up to pick them up.

What would happen after this scenario? Should I find a new nursery?

Crikey. I wouldn’t feel comfortable with this.. If you like the nursery overall, I’d grill them to find out the procedures in place to prevent a reoccurrence. What do your friends say about the nursery?

I'd be asking what other parents thought of the nursery with a view that anything less than a glowing recommendation would have me looking elsewhere. I'm not sure that I could risk it.

Unless they have free range in and out of the garden (as DS’s nursery at our old house has), I would be reconsidering. His current nursery line them up to count them back in and out of the garden. No way could any of them get lost. And there should only be 1:4 child:carers, so shouldn’t take long to notice somebody is missing...

We chose our school based on the other option being investigated for a child being locked out of the building. It wasn’t clear whether it was a punishment or an accident, but I didn’t like the sound of it. Accidents do happen, but for no one to notice, how traumatised must that poor child be! I would reconsider

Now that something like this has happened I doubt it's likely to happen again, everyone will (or should) be extra vigilant.

However, I would need to know what procedures have been put in place since and how it happened in the first place. I'd also want to know other parents views on the nursery. I'm not sure though, ultimately it's still the same nursery, presumably with the same staff and I'd be worried they lacked common sense. If I was always sending my child I'd probably be keeping a close eye on them. Have you viewed any other nurseries?

Not a chance I would consider that nursery. How could they not realise the child was missing? I'd stay well away.

Something similar happened at my DC’s nursery and the child sadly died in an accident. However the nursery made significant changes to their procedures which reassured me enough to keep DC there. That’s what you need to know about.

What was the timeframe, I think that's important to know before making any decisions.

How long was the child locked in for? If it was 5 minutes that's poor but not too bad, 20 minutes that's terrible IMO and very irresponsible!