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Need some help please!

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ivet83 · 09/04/2008 21:29

Can anyone tell me what is the difference between a nursery school, day nursery, infant school and junior school? It's so confusing. Anyone competent on the subject please come forward

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cazzybabs · 09/04/2008 21:33

nursery school - term time only school hours. May be state run (so you are likely to get either a morning session or an afternoon session) or independent (you can pick and choice session depending upon spaces).

day nursery - open say 50 weeks of the year with extended hours (ie for the working parent but not always I grant you)

infant school for 4-7 years olds (in the year the 4 year old turns 5 rememebering school year runs Sept - Aug)

junior school - for 7-11 years old

VeraSquonkTheBeerGuru · 09/04/2008 21:34

nursery school - state run, normally attached to a primary school. Kids eligible for 5 sessions a week (a session being 2.5 hours) from the age of 3.

Day nursery - somewhere that looks after your children for you - at a price.

Infant school - generally part of a primary school. Key Stage 1 (reception, and years 1 and 2) (age 4 - 6)

Junior school - again part of the primary school. Key stage 2 (Years 3 - 6)(Age 7 - 10)

Then senior schoool/high school from age 11.

VeraSquonkTheBeerGuru · 09/04/2008 21:34

and cazzy's a faster typer than I am

cazzybabs · 09/04/2008 21:35

How odl is your child? Can we help your futher?

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ivet83 · 09/04/2008 21:52

My daughter will be three in June.She goes to an all day nursery now. The thing is I live in Central London but looking to move to a more affordable area and have started to look for schools now. I saw various websites and there are all these different types of schools;it is so confusing. I just don't know where to start and what is best for her. I am a full time student so I receive help with childcare costs but it is not about that. I just want the best for her.

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ivet83 · 09/04/2008 21:54

Sorry took me time to reply, didn't think that you would reply so quickly , as I had an awful thread here few weeks ago if anyone remembers. It put me down so much sorry away from the subject

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VeraSquonkTheBeerGuru · 09/04/2008 21:59

sorry you had a bad thread... I didn't see it, but hopefully we can restore your faith on this one.

If she is 3 in June, then she will be eligible for those 5 free sessions starting in September.

But you would still need child-care for the rest of the time.

If you are thinking about moving, then you might want to look for a house close to a good primary school with an attached nursery - that way she will go to the same place from September when she starts at the nursery until she leaves primary and goes to secondary school at 11, when she will go with all her friends from primary.

cazzybabs · 09/04/2008 22:04

Our local state run nursery has a list of child minders they link with to help with child care - hard to get a place though.

She will start reception in Sept '09. And from Sept 08 you will get a voucher to use for your child care. You can uswe it in your day nursery but you will need to top it up with money. I think it is about £400 a term.

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ivet83 · 09/04/2008 22:12

the thing is I need her to attend school from 9am till at least 3pm or 5pm as I am going to university and sometimes I am there until 4, 5 pm. I also work part-time. That means I need to find a primary school that will provide full time nursery as well or just a day nursery. We haven't decided yet where we gonna move maybe Watford or down towards Croydon. Sorry I don't know if you live in London. I also posted a thread for people living in Watford as I would like to find out more about the area. Sorry long

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cazzybabs · 09/04/2008 22:14

Most schools have to offer wrap around care whihc is what you are after either done by the school or shared with other schools or linked with the school but done off site. THere is no requriment to do this for nursery aged children.

I think you are just going to have to ask whatt they offer, but you are unlikely to get a full time state nusery place.#

What are you studing?

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ivet83 · 09/04/2008 22:22

Studying for a BA English Language with Literature

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VeraSquonkTheBeerGuru · 10/04/2008 07:15

You could also ask the schools that you are considering for a list of their local child-minders. A CM will be happy to take your child to/from nursery and are often more flexible.

Does your university have a creche? She doesn't have to go to the state nursery. You could always put her full-time in the uni creche...

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