Private nurserys vs Local Authority Nurserys

[mummysweeangel]

Hi folks, just wondered if anyones had any experiences using private nurserys then changing to a local authority nursery and what the differences were (if any)

I had my child in a private nursery when he was a baby, had a very bad experience and ended up having to take him out - he started in a local authority (council) nursery a couple of months ago and i couldnt believe the difference. The staff that work with the children are all fully qualified Child Development Officers, and theres nobody in working thats not gained all the appropiate qualifications.

Does anyone else have any stories to share similar to this ?

I really agree with you there Stewiegriffinsmom. I think having a manager that is genuinely interested in the way the nursery runs and knows the kids and the parents and gets involved etc goes along way. Theres too many out there that are only interested in the money that comes in.

Yeah i agree with the schools aswell- so many like that around here

agree with stewie, when I looked at nurseries 3 years ago I visited 6, 2 of them private. the worst was one of the private ones closely followed by a council nursery. best was a counsil one where ds is going and dd will start soon. good management is key.

Council nurseries have to pay their staff more as they're a big organisation with lots of comparable jobs, so they get better staff.

Agree with Tiggy re: staff - you also get lower staff turnover for same reasons.

I have found that sometimes, due to the low staff turnover, the staff can get a bit 'stale'. The same people with the same ideas for 20 years...