Nursery\school choices

[Alibongo33]

Hi,
My dd started state nursery, afternoons in January the same week she became 3. The nursery is attached to a school which is not our catchment school. We have already been told we won't get in when its time for reception.

She can stay at this nursery until sept 2016 which we are happy with. Our catchment school didn't do afternoon nursery so that is why we sent her to the non catchment school.

The problem is our catchment school will be starting afternoons from this september so I am unsure whether to move her to our catchment school this september or move her when we have to, to start reception.
I am happy with each school but dd is settled at current school BUT do I move her now so she has a year of nursery to get use to the new school, make friends etc or wait and move her for reception which may be unsettling going full days AND at a new school.

Any thoughts?

My Experience...

I had my DS in nursery part time from 18 months...I considered moving him to a pre school attached to the school the year before he started school..However I didn't want to move him as he was so settled and thought it would be another change..When he started school the majority of the children went elsewhere. When he started school. He did cling to one child he knew and would get upset when this child didn't play with him. He has now his own set of friends...

So if I had my time again I would probably split my days part pre school, part nursery.

I think it can help with the transition into school.

Can you ask the new nursery how many children move into reception? If it's say 90% move up would make sense to move her in September. If however it's a lot lower and both nursery am and pm are mixed meaning only possible 25% of children she would know consider keeping her where she is.