Sending toddler to private nursery as long as possible?

[babysnark123]

My toddler can go to free nursery next September (2027) or stay in current nursery and go to reception 2028.

I see no reason to keep them at private nursery. They would be in a room with children just turned 2 and I just think they will have outgrown the nursey. There are 31 children in the nursey room, but not all attend every day etc. They also cater for sen children, and that's included in the 31 children.

Private nursery than care is just at one place and 51 weeks a year. Wrap around care is provided term time at the nursey attached to the school and I would use holiday club/annual leave the rest of the year

Aibu in thinking that a 4 year old is too old for private nursery?

I’m not sure what your question is?

I moved mine to a nursery attached to the school.

Oh sorry the post doesn't make sense

Neither is unreasonable, either is fine. It's your choice as a parent.

Yes but I don't know what is best. Wouldn't they be better in a class full of children their own age?

I think I would probably move them to school nursery. I don't think children necessarily need to go to school nursery before reception, but if it would work as well and cost less why not?!

I remember at my DC2s nursery pretty much all the preschool aged children moved on to school nurseries so I think they would have been very old for that environment at age 4. It's a valid reason for moving on.

There’s no right or wrong answer. It differs depending on the needs of the child and wider family.

I’m not in England & kept my dc in the private nursery who had a 3-5 room. The school nursery had 60 kids and private had 20-25 kids in class if that. I think it depends on each child / nursery set up. I don’t know if this differs in England though?

It depends on the nursery and what school nursery provision is like locally. If school nursery offers full days and wrap around care then it will be popular and probably better. If it’s just the free hours then it often doesn’t work for working parents so kids stay in private.

They had 60 children running free in the class?

It would be wrap around.

Do most people keep them in private nursery?

Totally depends on the options available
to you. I’m keeping my DS in private because it’s a forest setting and he’ll spend plenty of time in a classroom environment in the future. Also the school I’d like to send him to doesn’t have a nursery. Neither does our second choice school

Your comparing just your child's nursery. There are lots of different private nurseries that have separate rooms for baby, toddler and pre schoolers.

Did you post this yesterday? Exact same thread started in the last couple of days.

Comparing to what? All I care about is my child,

Why didn't you keep them in private nursery as it's 50 odd weeks and full hours?

I kept my son in private nursery til reception as school nursery had no wrap around care. By the time my daughter started, they’d started a wrap around care club so she went to nursery the term after she was 3. I’d have preferred my son to go to the nursery at school but just wasn’t doable with work.

I kept my oldest DD in private nursery until school and I will be keeping my youngest in private until school also but both nurseries have a designated preschool room for those over 3 and then split into 2 groups at times for those who are school leavers that year and those that aren't. My oldest DD loved her setting and learnt to write her name and basics of phonics in her preschool room. I also didn't need extra years of juggling school holidays!

You have to go with your gut on your what your setting can offer and whether it suits your particular child. It sounds in your case that school nursery would be more stimulating and that you can work out holiday childcare so maybe that is the best option for your child.

Thank you.

So the nursery is one big room.

With regards to the holidays, it would just be from sept so just one year extra of having to juggle holidays

I kept mine in private, but he was in a room with 3-4 year olds.
I'll be doing the same with DD.

reasons being; he enjoyed it so I didn't see the point in moving him unnecessarily. Also due to being year round care.
holiday clubs in my area don't start until 5 year old so I had an extra year of not worrying about childcare

I kept mine in private nursery which had a preschool room for age 3 upwards, and as above they often split into two groups for different activities. He loved it there, we knew the staff well and the hours were more useful for us as we work full time.

The school he's at now has a preschool but we will keep his siblings in the private nursery just as we did with him. Again, they like being there, the staff are great and we don't have to faff around with wrap around care.

Mine all stayed in private nursery up to starting reception. The nursery we used had two pre-school only rooms that were for children who were 3 & 4 and there were a fair chunk of children who newly started only for pre-school funded hours. The reason we kept them in was because we both worked and the term time only hours didn't work for us plus all food etc was included and I didn't have to worry about packed lunches. They all knew the nursery and staff really well and loved going. With the eldest we also had no idea where he'd be going to school so putting him in a pre-school attached to a school he might not have got into seemed silly. There's really no right or wrong, you have to decide based on your circumstances, your child and the provision available locally.

Thanks can I ask why you preferred school nursery and not private nursery?

It’s often about what works best for the family around jobs.

I work in a reception class and at this point in the year there is no difference between those who went to our nursery and those who came from private nursery. The main difference when they start is they don’t know the other children and staff but that doesn’t cause any issues and the children happily play together from day one.