Hi all,
I have recently moved my daughter, who is 3, from her private daycare to nursery attached to a Primary school. She was very excited to start, we threw a party to celebrate her transition, she loves her uniform and the idea of ‘big school’ as she was started to outgrow her old nursery that she’d been at since 16m.
I am a single mother and moved her mostly because I had accepted a wfh job offer that was 5 days a week and decided I could use my 30 hours free more efficiently with school hours than only getting 3 days a weeks worth at her old nursery. Unfortunately the job turned round and said they no longer wanted wfh, after I’d already started. I am back on UC until further notice, and will likely take a part time role for the time being.
I have a few qualms with the new school, but not sure if I should move my daughter back to her old one out of fear of messing her around.
- The school runs 8:45-3:30 very strictly. They initially told me 8:20, and are now saying 8:25 earliest, which means my daughter can not attend ballet on a Thursday.
- They are being very weird around breakfast club and after school club raising eyebrows about my wanting to put her in a few days a week due to her age, despite the fact she did 11 hour days at her old nursery. The clubs are now full and it will be very difficult for me to accept any work until there is a vacancy and they decide she’s settled (she is very confident and seems fine)
- They play YouTube at the end of every day to settle the children
- The staff seem to talk down to the parents in a way I wasn’t used to at the old nursery. Some of the staff are plain rude and the parents seem to know it too.
- There are not hot meals so I have to bring packed lunch
- They don’t give much of a handover at pickup
- They don’t seem to be as encouraging as the old nursery at getting my daughter to eat and shes quite picky
Would I be wrong to move her back? I don’t want to disrupt her but the main issue is I need to work