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Preschool education

Get advice from other Mumsnetters to find the best nursery for your child on our Preschool forum.

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When to apply for nursery school ?!?!?!

7 replies

Alix2007 · 03/07/2009 15:01

Can any one help, I am so confused ...

We want to enroll our daughter in nursery school (of a Catholic faith school). She was born in May 2007 and is now two years old. I called the council and they said they only deal with primary schools. They said to call the school. I did that but all calls go to voice mail. Can't find anything on the net. None of my friends know. Any ideas?!

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ruddynorah · 03/07/2009 15:02

what every time you call the school it goes to voicemail?

preggersplayspop · 03/07/2009 15:06

I'm not sure, but my DS is about the same age and some of my friends have registered for pre-school starting in Sept this year I think. I think the criteria for entry are more on a first come first served basis rather than catchment (as for primary intake), but I could be wrong. You probably need to leave a message and wait for someone to call you back to confirm what their policy is.

Firawla · 03/07/2009 21:09

if it goes to voicemail every time, when you go past i would see if you could pop in and ask, or does it not work like that?

purepurple · 04/07/2009 08:33

leave a message and someone will call you back, hopefully or send you a brochure.

PavlovtheForgetfulCat · 04/07/2009 08:35

I had to register DD for pre-school when was 18months, and only just got her in for this sept when she is 3, as it is a very popular nursery. It is not affiliated to a particular school though.

jeanjeannie · 06/07/2009 13:26

Pre-schools where we are get very full - not enough places. DD1 just got a place in Sept and been on waiting list for 8 mnths when we also put DD2 down and she was just 8mths at the time!

We've found that if they're affiliated to a good school then their names go down when the LOs are virtually babies!

Boblina · 29/07/2009 20:19

My DS was born is May 2007 too. I have put his name down at a catholic nursery. At first I had to leave a message for someone to call back. It took a couple of days. Being the school hols you will probably have to wait until September. We will not hear if he has a place until he is 3. We put the application in in June. So it seems a long wait. We will look at other nurseries in the area just in case.

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