Postby mum_1980 » Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:19 am
Don't know about East London as you're a tad out of the Nappy Valley area of Wandsworth and Richmond. Your best bet is to put this on local forums in your area.
My only advice for nurseries is visit many and decide based on the actual staff that will look after your child. Managers and owners of nurseries turn around fairly frequently it seems, but if you can find a nursery where the staff, (the actual carers) have a relatively low turn over and you have a good feeling for them, then that's the one for your family.
Other factors will be important to you such as if you need a day care that opens at 8am or before and closes at 6pm or after or if half a day is enough for you. Some nurseries only offer half days for example. Also many of the state nurseries only offer half days and if they have full days then they close at around 3:30pm.
Also, I would take Ofsted reports on nurseries with a pinch of salt. The best thing to do is visit the nursery, and then ask around on local forums or people in the community. They will tell you more than any report can.
