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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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Is it the norm for children to move from preschool to nursery?

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MamaVoo · 22/01/2010 17:24

I've been for a look round a preschool this afternoon with a view to getting a place for DS next January when his funding will start(he's 3 this November). I had assumed that he would stay at preschool until he starts school but the manager said that most children there moved to the nursery next door once they were 3. Is this what happens with most preschools?

My feeling is that it would be better to get him settled somewhere and leave him there until school (not literally obviously ).

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coppertop · 22/01/2010 17:29

It's not the norm here.

The exception seems to be if a pre-school only offers one session a day and the parents would prefer more. They could transfer to a nursery and use up the funded hours over 2 or 3 days instead of spreading them out over 5 days.

cranbury · 25/01/2010 18:35

Is that a state school nursery. Quite a few leave DD's preschool to start free state school nursery for the final year, but not that many as few state school nursery places where I live, mainly to siblings.

Peanut05 · 12/02/2010 22:40

Our pre-school 'feeds' many primary schools some of which have LEA nurseries some don't. As a general rule the children going to the schools with LEA nurseries leave pre-school the term before they're due to start school and go to the LEA nursery. That is assuming they have a place at the school!

That said my DD stayed at her pre-school until she was 5 as we didn't like the onsite school nursery (actually it was a pre-school but never mind!)

It's worth pointing out that a place at an LEA (school) nursery does not guarantee a place at the school.
Does any of that make sense?

cat64 · 12/02/2010 23:32

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LastTrainToGeneva · 12/02/2010 23:51

What Peanut and cat64 said.

dd goes to preschool at the moment (she's three) as there wasn't place for her at the local nursery. She will probably get a place in September (hoping!) and I will move her there. The nursery is attached to the Infant and Junior School. Admission to reception is not automatic, but if you live in the catchment, then your ds will form friendships in the nursery that will carry on to reception and make the transition easier for him.

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