Part time teaching and nursery

[KarineF]

Hi,

I've got a lovely 4 month old son, and am due to go back to work full time as a secondary teacher (modern languages) in July for 3 weeks until the term ends. I'm about to formally request part time working for next year, and ideally I'd like to go 40 or 50%. At the same time, we're doing all the fun budget stuff to work out what we can afford, so it's a busy time!

The problem is how have other teachers in this situation coped with reserving nursery places (which we need to do very soon) when the school can't yet tell you what days are available for you to work? It may well be June or July before next year's timetable is worked out, but if I wait that long I will not be able to get a nursery place.

Is it reasonable for me to expect them to give me the information now? If not, then how do I book a nursery space for September? :(

Karine

It depends on the rules of your nursery. At the one I used you had to give a months noticecto reduce hours. So, book a full time place andbon June when you know, give notice if reduction to the days you want. It depends how big your nursery is. Where I live all the nurseries have spaces so it was never an issue.