Dilemma - I’m sure you wise ones will help me decide. I’m really sorry it turned out long.
DS (nearly 3) goes to nursery, full time during term time and 2.5 days a week during the holidays. He’s been at the same nursery since I went back to work after mat leave (so from 11 months). The nursery isn’t in our school catchment area and it’s unlikely he will go to school with any of the children.
I work in a school, I have the opportunity to move DS from his current nursery ( which on the whole I’m happy with aside from a few niggles now and again) to the pre school attached to my school. They will match the cost with the current nursery. The pre school is not our catchment school but I would like to try and get him into the school but it’s very over subscribed and chances of getting in are not great.
Would you move from the nursery where he is settled, happy and has friends, but unlikely to go to the same school when the time comes (most of his friends are in the school year above him) to a pre school that is attached to the school you want him to attend, where it’s convenient for dropping off and I will be on the same site as him BUT because you work there, you are aware of internal staffing issues and issues with some of the provision and expectations, but the facilities and environment are better than the current nursery (more outdoor space, outdoor activities and a brighter, newer building). I’m well aware that senior staff are working in the issues and will endeavour to put them right but it’s not going to happen overnight. Then there is the parent politics, will other people resent DS because his mum works in the school and therefore think that he may get preferential treatment?!
I’m in a real quandary and don’t know what to do for the best. Help!