Continuing to pay for private nursery when may not be needed

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ruthyjo wrote:

That's really good news and makes the job that bit more worth giving your best shot. Flexibility working in your favour is the best thing you could hope for. If you're successful you might even be able to try for longer hours, but term time only working!

Re hanging on to the nursery place:- I meant the private one rather than the school one - is there any benefit keeping it now when you're probably going to want different sessions when you start work?

I think you should definitely hang on to your LEA nursery place. My daughter's had a much more education focused year in the LEA nursery than my sons did in a day nursery in their pre school years and, as you said, your daughter's looking forward to it.

Perhaps you could look into the childminder option. If there are childminders with places available and you're only working a few hours a day it might be cheaper to have a childminder for those few hours rather than commit to a full private nursery session. Someone with a child in the nursery would be ideal. Why don't you ask around?

The benefit in keeping it until at least end of July is cos I haven't used up her nursery grant:D and it gives me 3 days a week to get on with the housework jobs that have been on hold past 6 months, it's taken me all day (bar posting on here )to sort out DD wardrobe and half of DS. A childminder may be an option, there are plenty in the area,as might my MIL being able to help, mobility problems mean she can't walk to school and back, but could certainly babysit if I were to drop DD off. Since I've got the office hours now I'll look into what times I could work and what childcare I would need at that time it may be possible that I can go with my original plans of reducing the nursery sessions and finishing them when planned.

thanks for your help.:A