Preschool or Nursery

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DD is going to be 2 in May and our local preschool says you need to apply when they turn 2 to be able to start at 3. I am a SAHM so she will not be going into childcare before her funded hours kick in.

DD is very confident and independent, when we go to the children's centre she spends most of the time playing happily away from me so I have no worries about if she will cope.

I am not sure what is going to be better for her, nursery or preschool. I realise that there will be pros and cons to both but am finding it hard to decide what to do. Does anyone have any advice on making a decision?

Which does funded hours to suit you better ? tbh they follow the same curriculum but the preschools is likely to have "sessions" and be termtime only whereas the nursery may be open all day , all year.

if your a SAHM and will only be sending her for the funded hours, it may be preschool only. some nursery will take just the funded hours and allow just term time only but a lot won't as could fill that place with a child who'd be there the whole time. At lest that's what it's like round hear.

To be honest they both have to follow the same early years curriculum, so a good preschool is just as good, but maybe not so convent for working parents as hours are normally fixed to certain season times.