School is a very inconvenient form of 'childcare'

[naty1]

The hours just dont match for 9-5 working. Then the holidays are much longer, and everyone at work wants those same days.

I can see that nursery 8-6 is much easier for work, everyday except xmas week.
Or more jobs that fit school hours.
Compress the hours into fewer says of the week

It's not childcare though, it's school

You seriously want to ask this.........?

Erm what pixie said

True.

As everyone always says = it's easier to work when your children are pre-schoolers and need formal childcare.

I do agree that it must be almost impossible to manage sometimes btw, but ultimately, it isn't childcare at the end of the day.

Yes because it is education

Has this just genuinely occurred to you?

It's not meant to conveniently look after your DC while you work, it's meant to educate them...

My job isn't 9-6. I need this childcare to run from 6am-2.30pm or 12 noon-9pm

Oh no wait, it's not childcare

I work nights one week in three, school during the day is a major inconvenience for me. Maybe 24 hour wraparound care is what we're after?

It's not childcare it's education and I think that the teachers and minsters need to drive this point home when parents moan about inset days ECt

But job seekers stops when youngest child gets to school age, so that would suggest the government think school is childcare?

School is not some form of cheap childcare .

Hang on, op put childcare in quote marks in her thread title! I read that to mean that she doesn't literally think of school as childcare. No need to point out the obvious!

Starts ffs, not stops

There is a definite disconnect between the number of school hours jobs and the government's push to get more people into work.

People can't be in 2 places at once, and someone has to feed the kids, check & support with homework and bathe the little darlings.

The fact that most school hours jobs are both low status and low paid is very depressing

Whilst it not childcare, people are always pretty keen to tell sahp to get back to work now their children are in schooll

You chose to have children

I totally agree with you, the day is very long for what they actually do, which gives the conclusion it is part educational and part child care.
As far as childcare goes it isn't very work friendly.
We found the best education for us was H.ed it takes half the amount of time school takes to educate them and we don't require childcare.

Well it's a damn sight cheaper that private nursery even when you add in after school club and holiday clubs. I for one celebrated the ease on my pocket when DS started school full time

Ah, classic excellent contribution from stopmithering.

I'm gonna copy that and paste it as my reply on 95% of the threads on Mumsnet .

boarding school might be one solution op

The expectation is that parents pay for wrap around childcare so that they can work. Many teachers use wrap around care for their own kids whilst they are teaching yours.

I totally agree with you, the day is very long for what they actually do

Can you explain this further?
The days are extraordinarily full at the school I work in.

It's school, not child care well DD's year three was free child care

Most schools offer wrap around care. DDs after school club closes at 5.30. DH finishes work at 6pm an hour away. That's a bit inconvenient.