Will she start in Sept or Jan?

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My DD will be 3 in September 2007, does she start school then or in January?

I have her names down in 3 schools

-a catholic one, which I went to
-a Welsh school
-a very very good primary

i will be happy with any of those choices, but dont know when she will start

I think pre-school is optional, and reception is just the new name for the first year at school, as most children are'nt 5 yet when they start reception...............but then I am probably talking bolox, feel free to ignore

Preschool and nursery are optional. If your child attends one of these, they receive 5 sessions a week which are funded by the LEA.

Reception is the first class in Primary scool. The children follow the Foundation Stage, which is the same as the curriculum in a nursery or preschool.
It seems like "just play" but this is how children learn. There may be more formal elemnets too.

Children have to stat school the September following theit 5th bday (?). Children are allowed to attend school from the Sept following their 4th bday, then they begin in Reception Class.

Preschool and nursey are pretty much the same thing. Preschool are usually attached to a school, or feed directly into one school (but nor always).

Nurseries are often privately owned, unless they are attached to a school. They often offer full time care, rather than sessonal.

All settings should be regiseryerd with OFSTED, and will follow the same guidelines.

HTH>

Preschool and nursey are pretty much the same thing. Preschool are usually attached to a school, or feed directly into one school (but nor always).

Nurseries are often privately owned, unless they are attached to a school. They often offer full time care, rather than sessonal.

All settings should be regiseryerd with OFSTED, and will follow the same guidelines.

HTH>

It really does vary a lot. it's totally different down here in Devon where we live now to Manchester where we were living. There, my older two started full time at school preschool at 3.5, full days and free. and at our other local school there they could start full time for free the term before they were 3. but in the next school catchment along they had only half days til they hit reception age.

and here, they typically have preschool for 5 half days for the year they're 3-4, free, but for some reason the pre-school dd3 is booked into takes them from 2.5 but you have to pay for some of it.

it's not dumb to not understand it, every school and preschool and nursery can have different start dates, even in the same LEA.