Reception staggered starts are overkill?!

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My little one starts school in September, we had our first meeting at the school tonight 😊 question... How on earth are you meant to cope with the staggered starts if you both work full time?! She won't officially start until 17th September, all other days before then are half days 🫠 she's been going to childcare since she's 1, she'll be so confused not going more than two hours a day for two weeks 😅 not to mention I have no idea how you make it work with childcare, chuck on top of that I'm meant to be away with work the first two weeks of Sept 🙃 how on earth are parents meant to work around it?! Just seems crazy to me she's not even properly in for half a month. I get all children are different but surely it should be optional?! All suggestions welcome 😅

That's lucky. Only 18 kids in my daughter's class and not one other did this or wanted to push it, despite 5 people agreeing with me 😫 the school pretty much said no and that there wouldn't be anyone available for my daughter if she started full time straight away

Hopefully as more parents become aware of the legislation they wish push back against unreasonable schools and do what works best for their DC’s (and their parents) rather than antiquated school practices.