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Is this normal at nursery?

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RugratMum · 24/06/2021 08:56

So, DD (3) started nursery a few months ago, just a couple of days a week. Sometimes she'll come home and tell me she was crying because she got hurt, but when I query with the staff it's completely denied. I know kids lie sometimes, but DD was adamant on a couple of these occasions, which is unlike her (she lies with a big grin on her face and will admit that she was telling stories after a moment).

I went to pick DD up the other day and saw a younger child in the courtyard (probably 1-1.5, different class to DD) fall and hit his head. He sat crying for a short while but the nursery workers were talking amongst themselves at the opposite end of the courtyard so didn't see him and I ended up calling out repeatedly in order to flag someone down to point him out. It did make me wonder if perhaps the staff aren't being particularly vigilant. I did ask DD if she thinks they don't notice when she cries and she said yes, but it was a leading question so it's hardly definitive.

Is that normal at a nursery or should I be concerned? Do I need to say something?

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Slothbynameandnature · 29/06/2021 19:52

@ThisIsNotARealAvo

They don't have to have the same number or level of qualified staff

They do.

They don't, school nurseries have to have a teacher, as do nursery schools, PVIs don't.

What is the difference between a school nursery and a nursery school?

Are you saving they have to have someone with QTS?

NellWilsonsWhiteHair · 29/06/2021 21:40

@Slothbynameandnature school nurseries and nursery schools should both be teacher-led provision (yes QTS). Nursery schools are schools in their own right, so will also have a qualified headteacher (usually an early years specialist) whereas a school nursery will be within the responsibility of the primary school head.

This 2015 report from Early Education gives a helpful outline of what a maintained nursery school is.

NellWilsonsWhiteHair · 29/06/2021 21:41

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GettingItOutThere · 29/06/2021 22:40

please report this. I would be devastated if that child who fell was mine, and no-one cared enough to pick him/her up and not actually watch them

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