Nursery went home and left dd!

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Posting here for traffic, I don't have an aibu.

Went to pick up dd from nursery this afternoon and found the whole place locked up and nobody there. After frantically calling, banging on doors, checking nobody else had picked her up we managed to contact the neighbouring school. The staff who were still there were amazing, helped us to get into the building where we found dd on the toilet, on her own, lights off and doors closed, staff gone home. It took us half an hour to get in so she was there at least that long. She was obviously very upset but is now home and fine and drinking lemonade as a treat while I try to stop shaking.

Obviously this is a huge safeguarding issue and there is no way she is going back. The head of the neighbouring school has been in touch and is organising a meeting for the morning.

Any advice on where to go from here, who to complain to? Should we get legal advice? I am so so angry!

This is shocking and should not have happened. However, some people are carrying on like someone did this on purpose. It was an accident and someone will be feeling dreadful about this.

Aren't there a lot of very hysterical people on here!?
Obviously something went very wrong with their procedures, but it could be something very innocent, like she was hiding quietly somewhere and there was a mix up with the signing out. Mistakes happen, people are human. Obviously the nursery should be shut till an investigation has taken place and processes put in the place to stop it ever happening again.
I'm sorry this happened OP, but your daughter is OK and she's too young to be affected by it.

Hysterical seriously??? The child was left for what was possibly anything upto and hour. And could possibly have been upto two hours. a 2 year old alone sitting on the toilet in a dark silent building???? Hysterical????

How dare you minimise a gross omission and call posters hysterical
Thiis is serious issue for local authority ,ofsted and nursery management to investigate
This isnt forgetting to send child home with fave teddy. Staff neglected to check the premises and children

I space iam sure that you would feel differently if that was your child! Op needs to contact Ofstead, LEA, and the safeguarding team at SS. A young child was left on her own in a building. This should never have happened, accident or whatever, it was due to carelessness that should nit happen again.

Your poor DD, I have had an unbelievable incident at a nursery too (cut on the hand by a knife another four year old brought in for saying he didn't believe him when he said he had a knife, then to compound matters the little boy escaped the school and ran off at hometime), glad you have plenty of support because it's blooming horrible having to fight to be believed as well as try to get some support for something that's pretty upsetting.

Jeez batman ! I would do my absolute nut and call the police. This is neglect and leaving a child so small completely alone is illegal.

Poor child, poor you.
Being late or not doesn't even come into it at all!!

Funnyfoot
I can only assume that someone could think that your post about the OP's update could have been a passive aggressive accusation about the 'convenience' of the timing. Had to read it a few times, but that's the only negative spin I could put on it...

Op you have the head of the school to add support, the poor girl must have been so scared. Did they not check everywhere before they went home.

Taken with Funnyfoot's other posts on this thread, that's how I read it. If people have doubts, why don't you report the OP instead of all these nasty little digs?

I reported a chain nursery branch after discovering a student of mine had been working there and been left in charge of 60 children with just one other member of staff present, as none of the other staff had turned up. OFSTED thanked me, were great, did a full investigation and unannounced spot check, and wrote to me afterwards to let me know the outcome. It is REALLY important to report gross negligence etc as otherwise kids can and do suffer serious harm or even die (as one did in another nursery about 10 miles away from the one I reported).

Are you fucking kidding me InSpace????

They left a TWO YEAR OLD locked in a dark building alone.

Hysterical? I would have gone absolutely postal!

This is shocking. Can't imagine how you must be feeling. Please do keep us updated about what happens tomorrow. If it was me I would ring nursery manager tonight, other parents (word would spread like wildfire) then non emergency police number to get it logged (surely it's an offence?!) Tomorrow first thing ofsted. Good luck OP. Hope your DD is ok now.

I am so angry on your behalf. Your poor little girl. I hope she is OK. The HT of the school sounds lovely. Are you panning on sending your DD there?

Really, Spider? Just.... really?

Awful!!! Your poor baby :( :( :(

That would be me launching a campaign via every available channel to get the nursery closed. I couldn't care less why your 2 yr old dd ended up on her own, it happened and I would have the place shut down.

You must be feeling very emotional right now, and rightly so. Massive unmumsnetty hugs xx

This is absolutely unforgivable.

OP I'm glad that your dd is ok and that your DH is going to run this by the police.

Do write things down, with times as much as you can. Report to Ofstead and your local authority in the morning. Stick to the facts. It'll be hard, but try to keep emotion out of it. Those in charge at the nursery need to be fully investigated about how on earth this situation could ever happen.

Have you got a back up person to look after your dd?

planning not panning.

tbh I think the OP has shown remarkable restraint.

I think the strong feelings on this thread are because most of us will have had, or have, a two year old and the thought of such a young kid being left alone for an unknown time is really quite horrible. They are old enough to be very afraid but too young to know what to do or to know that someone WILL come.

Spidernugent how nasty! Some people need to work to pay the bills. Op is already stressed enough and upset without you adding your piece!