It feels very weird posting on a Gloucester thread, but I've just found out we're moving in jan 2013. My husband has a new job and while we know the area fairly well (I'm from Wales and family are all along the M4!), we've not lived around this area since having kids. Funny how you view things differently once you have them!
We've been living in Scotland and my 3yr old twins have been in nursery since August. I'll be looking at finding them a new nursery but I was wondering if anyone had any advice. I can only seem to find private nurseries or playgroups. I want a state nursery, that will lead onto their primary school. Feels like trying to find a needle in a hay stack. Help! Feel a huge amount of pressure to get this right as this is a pretty major move and I don't want to have the kids move schools again.
Also, my experience of being up here is that the council are pretty useless at conveying info as to when forms have to be in and things. Kids start in August up here. If they start in Sept in England, when do you have to get forms in? When do they start primary school? Slightly panicking as my two only go for two small sessions a week and they're no way near ready for school!
So many questions. I apologise. The logistics of moving a family of five 460miles south is freaking me out!