To feel really annoyed at my son's nursery?

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My son started in his nursery in January. It's the same one my daughter went to so I've had a child there almost constantly for 6 years. It took him a while to settle in, but he's now settled and loves it. Unfortunately we have to now change his nursery because my partner got his timetable for uni and they didn't have the hours i needed. I'm gutted about it as I love the nursery, he's settled and we both know the staff. I informed the nursery as soon as we got the timetable (april-ish) and have held out hope that he might still be able to stay. Anyway I found out today that a friends twins have been given the hours they/i need in the exact room almost instantly. I'm upset that they were offered spaces when my son wasn't. We're both funded so I'm guessing my son has been shunted in order to make space for twins :(

Were they given the hours before or after you? Ie did they ask in March? Or did they already have some of them bagsied eg Tuesday morning?

I'd be equally annoyed tbh.

Depends. From working in an early years setting and as Deputy Manager, so in charge of admissions, numbers can change so quick on a daily basis. I've had parents put their names down for full time, return to work then drop days. I had one who needed a 4 day place, she started on the three days we had available and when her requested 4th day came up, she took it then dropped 2 days after a month.

It's usually a months notice to.leave a nursery so if the space came up within your notice period, they wouldn't offer it to you and would go straight to the next person on the list, could that be what has happened?

It depends when they applied. If they applied in January then they're absolutely in the right. If they applied in April, not so much.

That said, childcare for twins is an absolute bloody nightmare and if there's a nursery out there that's recognising that and offering preferential terms to multiples then that's actually brilliant. (Not that it helps you)

Its possible that they had two spaces and it makes more sense for the nursery to offer space to twins than to your DS n one space to one of the twins...

I've had my name down for those hours since August 2015! I took the hours he has now as a foot in the door but I've regularly checked in with them for my preferred hours as my working hours haven't changed in nearly 6 years.

They might only offer a certain number of funded places, often the funding is given at a lower amount as well which is why they are sometimes restricted.

They should have an admissions procedure you can ask why they have jumped the queue

In my daughters nursery they give priority to people wanting two or more places, as they understand parents with multiples or several nursery age children really struggle, so it could be that.

Why don't you just ask the nursery why this has happened?!

When you say you informed the nursery was it done in a way that would make them think you were moving him anyway? Or did you make it clear you would keep him if you they had those days/hours become available

I made it clear. I called every week to see if they had the hours. Trust me, they know I don't want to move him.

You've had your name down since last August for those hours? When did you hand your notice in to leave?

I haven't officially. They told me they would leave me on the register until the last week of August incase something comes up :( they're sister nurseries so they both know the situation but it's looking very unlikely