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How do you manage work with school hours ?

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LAURAMINIMAQ88 · 29/09/2020 21:09

Hi guys,
I am all new to this !
My daughter will be 3 in December 2020.
She just started preschool with opening hours of 9-3 like most of them do.
I work as a domestic cleaner now but I am due to go back to my previous job in January 2021 , I am an admin and have worked usual hours of 9:5 before having my daughter, I just realised that in January this will not work because my job require me to start at 9 and thats when I my child start preeschool too (my husband has a good job and he starts at 6am and unable to change due to earnings for now ) I think I should be ok for January as I can always change the preschool with a nursery who has early opening hours BUT once the reception starts she will have no other option than starting school at 9 and my question is : how do you manage with hours ? Most office, admin, banking jobs are 9-5 ? I am fine with picking up hours as my husband will do that anyway but I dont know what others do, is there a nanny to cover that extra hour ? Or a childminder who take children to school ? I am so confused.
It will be really hard for me to change my career to something completely different.
For now, the cleaning position is working fine for me but I dont want to do this for another 10 years until it will be legal for my daughter to walk to school on her own.
People look down on me as a cleaner and I am just very depressed right now, I dont know what to do....
I would like some advice from people who were in my position and had similar career and work hours
Any advice will be appreciated

OP posts:
HattonsMustard · 30/09/2020 14:04

Breakfast club at the primary school my sons' attended was £5 for a morning session (they do not work on hours, it is a flat rate) opens at 7.30am.

The killer is the after school club which runs until 6pm and is £12.

The building is on site, two floors and has a massive covered outdoor play area. My friend works in it. I am lucky that I never had to use it.

Dee1975 · 30/09/2020 14:57

You need a nursery or childminder - not a pre school (they all have to meet ofstead). And then use wrap around care once you get into school.
We purposely chose a nursery that would suit our hours and we were lucky that the school we wanted did wrap around care.

ScatteredMama82 · 30/09/2020 15:00

@LAURAMINIMAQ88 not all schools offer wraparound childcare but many do. If your school doesn't then start asking around about a childminder. I use a CM to take my youngest to and from school 3 days a week, and she also provides school holiday care which is a great help!

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