So I’ll preface this by saying I really like, don’t love, the nursery my 4 year old is at - nice, kind staff but not the best at communication or activities regarding development etc. I went to pick up a couple of hours early today and found the main gate wide open (it usually has a latch at the top for parents to open) and the door for my child’s room wide open too. Inside, about 8 children were playing and a staff member was sitting with them playing with them. I said ‘oh, the door and gate are both open, I wanted to let you know for safety reasons’ and she said ‘ooh, I’ll get them closed now.’
It has made me feel quite unsettled, as it feels like quite a major safeguarding risk to me. It would have only taken one split second of her being distracted with another child for one of the children to be out of the door and into the car park. Out of the car park is a busy main road. I don’t want to jump to emailing the nursery manager as it feels like it was a lapse of judgement and I don’t want to get anyone in trouble but equally I want them to tighten up their processes. It makes my blood run cold as to what could have happened. I thought I’d have a quiet word with the room leader/my daughter’s key worker. WWYD?