My nursery are holding me to a 3month notice period

[Livieb]

hello mums!
My one year old goes to a nursery in
Shepherds bush and we are in the process of buying a
place in tooting bec.
We have to complete at the beginning of April for various reasons
which is also when we need to move out of shepherds bush.
The nursery are being completely inflexible and making us pay till the middle of may. We can't afford to pay for childcare twice for the 5 weeks where we will be living in tooting and still paying for our nursery in shepherds bush.
I can't take 5 weeks holiday, and we can't commute between the 2. It's too far. And pushing the completion date back is not an option either.
I really don't know what to do, and for a family-run nursery it feels like they are being very harsh. I understand that they have terms and conditions but sometimes life gets in the way. Would it really hurt them to allow us a month's grace?
Love to know if this is normal, have people managed to negotiate their way round similar situations?
Thanks in advance

I'm sorry to sound bleak, but with a notice period clearly written into the contract they have every right to enforce it. And as nurseries (particularly non-chain ones) are operating on such very tight margins (compounded by shortfalls in ELG conquers to actual cost, especially in London), I'm not surprised they say they are unable to waive this.

Is it really impossible to commute for a few weeks? I know it's a long journey, but have you explored if there are any weird train routes or direct buses that might make travelling less stressful (though it's bound to be lengthy)?

That commute is pretty small compared to what many of us do.
I agree that the nursery are being reasonable.