What nursery?

Question

What nurseries should i apply for and why?

Private or council??

Thanks xx

Answer 1

both are basically the same teaching just different backgrounds.....

Answer 2

Are you asking about working in a nursery or sending your child to one??

Answer 3

there are good and bad in both

have a look around as many as you can before you decide

also talk to some of the parents of children already attending

good luck in your search

hope all goes well

Answer 4

it all depends what you can afford

Answer 5

In a council nursery you will get paid more. If it is a school nursery you will get the school holidays, in a children's centre nursery you may or may not get them off depending what age group you work with and whether they provide all year care. In a school nursery you will work approx 8.15 - 3.45 with about a hour and a half inbetween sessions, an hour of which you'll prob do work in your room, and have the other half-hour as lunch break. In a children's centre and a private day nursery you'll prob work some sort of shift pattern covering the hours 7.30am to 6pm, but you're likely to get a longer lunch break in a children's centre.

All this points towards a council nursery being better. However, jobs are a lot rarer, and more competitive, and very very rarely taken by newly qualilfied nursery nurses. And, to be honest, I worked in a school nursery for a bit and hated it because the teacher was s****., so I went to work in a private nursery and I love it. Also, if you have kids, people say a school nursery is better because of hours and holidays, but it didn't work like that for me, because you can't have any time off in term-time to see your own child's christmas play and you can never take them or pick them up from school. In my private nursery I can book days off whenever I want and my shifts mean I can pick up or drop off most days. They're also more flexible over hospital and doctors appointments.

If you haven't got any qualifications you should def. look for a private nursery job because at a school you'll only be employed as a teaching assistant which is really low-paid because you only work 27.5 hours, 39 weeks a year, you come out with about £400 every 4 weeks. In a private nursery you're a nursery assistant and cos you work more hours and all year, you come out with at least £700 even if you're on minimum wage.

Sorry about long answer, there are pros and cons for both and it really does depend on your circumstances, and even the staff in the nursery you work at. Both kinds of nurseries can be good and bad. Personally, I would apply for both and make sure you look around all the nurseries.

Answer 6

Depends...council run preschools may offer better opportunity of promotion and experience with a range of children. Depending on the type of council setting you may have child who are from a social care background, poorer communities and therefore MAY have behavioural issues, special educational needs, multi-lingual...other counci lsettings may be run especially for social care services or special educational needs...others will be mixed children from range of background.

Private can range from mega rich families who will expect a lot of professionalism and good result to pre-schools who are privately owned but run with council/government funding in which case children can range dependingf on the surrounding area.

Look at:

http://www.childcarelink.gov.uk/index.as... to find different settings in your area-you can also look on www.ofsted.gov.uk to see how the different nurseries/preschools run, inspection results etc.

I work in a privately owned preschool run with children recieveing government funding (the free at 3 funding)...I love it I work with a huge range of parents, carers and children. It's never dull and I get lots of experience! X