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Little G
Nursery
Stoke On Trent

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No reassurance

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I called to arrange a possible booking and viewing for my son for every Monday. They told me they wouldn’t do one day a week over the phone. I then received a message via the website from the nursery, which was intended for someone else. Then a second message from them to apologise for the first message, as they had copied and pasted it. I replied saying that I had tried to call them to look at availability for my son, but they refused to allow him to attend one day a week.
The reply I got was, that a child would not benefit for one day a week and it can be very unsettling for them.
I’m a single parent, finishing my maternity leave to go and work 2 days a week. I have a family member to take him for one day so I needed childcare for the 2nd day. Only to be told it isn’t going to benefit him and it will be quite unsettling. I feel awful enough having to leave my baby to go to work enough as it is. What am I to do. 2x5 hour sessions isn’t good enough because I’ll be at work for 8 hours. Now I’m doubting to go back to work. I don’t want my son to feel like that.
And the worst of it is, the last part of their message was ....sorry Hun x....
Thank for making me feel a rubbish parent !

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The intention wasn't to make you feel that way we appologise however nursery policy is written for the benefit of the child and their learning journey through the nursery until it's time to go to school. School readiness is what we aim for so that every child leaves us ready for that next step., part of that is continuity and routine thats why we ask for more than 1 day or 1 session and I call everyone hun so if this offends then I apologise.