Applying for Nursery

[Firsttimemummy2017]

Hi, we are applying to put our DD into a council nursery from June. They have asked us to write a supporting statement about why she deserves a place. We are struggling past financial reasons, no support network close by and also how she would benefit from being with children her own age.
Do you think this would be enough or any idea of what else we could ask?

I’ve never heard of a nursery asking for a statement/ application. Why do you have to do that?

No I've never heard of this either. Very strange

I can't imagine they'd want more than that for a nursery

They said they need the statement to show that you deserve the place over someone else has they only have small amounts of places for certain ages so you are pretty much fighting for a place.

That seems to put children whose parents are unable to put together a good and convincing supporting statement at a massive disadvantage.

Yes you'd think for a council run nursery it would want to give places to the kids whose parents couldn't write the statement. The 15 free hours were originally talked up as a way to help disadvantaged kids who's parents had low literacy etc

I completely agree with what you are saying, it should be for those that need it most. We don’t qualify for 15 hours free until she is 3, will only be 1 when we put her in.