Confusion about schools/pre school

[Coffeemonster1]

Ok our lg is only 20 months but because we are looking to buy our own home in a new area, the topic of where her first school will be, has come up.
She currently attends nursery whilst I work, so will be there until school age. They have a pre school room 3-5 year olds. Does this mean she will stay in full time nursery until she goes to school? As she was born 2nd September does this mean she won't start school until the September she turns 5 rather than 4?
When I used to work at a different nursery some of the 4 year olds went to their selected school for half days (say 9-12) until they started full time the following year. Is this something that happens as standard through out every school?
We are just a little confused by it all so some one to clarify would be very helpful.

Your DD will start reception in school the day before her turns 5 and be the oldest in the school year.

Some schools have a nursery attached which offer morning/afternoons. However, attending a school nursery gives no precedence to a child attending that school in reception and those children have to reapply for a school place.

Our school takes them into nursery at 3 for the free 15 hours and then you can pay for the rest if you want (cheap). Mine can go 7.30 - 6 everyday we they want. We are lucky as we live in an area where all our local schools do this. Nursery does not give priority for reception but lots use the nursery for the school they are most likely to move to etc. Every school is different though so look up info for each school

Some of our other local schools also offer just 5 mornings or 5 afternoons for nursery children or 2.5 days at the beginning or end of the week. Ie two nursery groups of 30 then a 60 intake at reception

Our DD went to a day nursery from 11 months until she started Reception. The nursery had a pre-school setting equal to the ones normal pre-schools have so we wouldn't benefit from moving her.

As we needed childcare a pre-school with just term time and only 1/2 days would have not been possible for us anyway. As far as I know none of the children DD had in her group left because of pre-school. Some actually joined the class instead of going to a more traditional one.

We moved because of schools when DD was just 3 years but actually left her at her nursery and it wasn't a problem at all that she didn't know any of the children as they took Reception children from various day nurseries and pre-schools. In state education an attached pre-school is not guaranteeing you any place in Reception so I wouldn't make this my priority.

Yes good point about term times - our school nursery runs through holidays but most don't. And it's much cheaper but its the exception!!

Depending on where you live, you may have nursery classes attached to a primary school (reception-lite basically).

My borough had a number of schools that had this and all the places were free and full-time. The catch was that you had to know they even existed and get the forms filled in by Christmas the year before.

If you have that option and can get one, then grab it as it's a great introduction to school and saves a huge amount of childcare £££.

My DS starts school this September straight from a private nursery where he will have been for 4 years. Their preschool provision is outstanding and none of the kids have left to go to a school preschool instead. We also need the hours offered by the nursery and part time preschool isn't an option.

I'm guessing the kids who go for mornings are going to a school's preschool which is mornings only and then coming back to the nursery for other sessions. Lots of kids do sessions in different places prior to starting school.