3 year old to start proper nursery or stay in private

What do you mean proper nursery or stay in private? Like go to a nursery at a school vs private nursery?

As they will learn the same things in preschool as they will all follow the EYFS curriculum in all settings in the Uk that have 0-5 year old children in.

It makes way more sense to keep her somewhere she is happy and comfortable than disturb her before she starts school. Don’t beat yourself up about it, if she’s happy and enjoying it just leave it be 🩷🩷

I think about this a lot too, I still have another year to decide but for me I’m deciding between private nursery 2 full days and still having to pay £150/month but includes non term time vs Mon-Fri 6hours each day for free but only term time.

We made the decision to move my son to a school nursery rather than a private one. With two weeks they suggested we get him assessed. I may be wrong but feel that a private nursery is more careful about upsetting the parents. It is more hands off at a school nursery.
With my youngest she just moved from a preschool but she had a severe speech disorder. School had a speech therapist that visited. Plus it made the transition to school so much easier for her due to her sen.

There’s pros and cons to both really..

Private nursery
+ she’s settled
+ wrap around care as in usually open 7am-6pm and during school holidays
+ more relaxed approach
- many private nurseries don’t do phonics as each school teaches slightly differently so nurseries tend to leave it to school so the children don’t get confused
- I’ve heard some children struggle to make friends in reception as friendship groups are often formed in school nursery

Nursery school
+ gets them familiar to the school setting and being there 5 days a week
+ gets them used to wearing uniform
+ sometime more structured approach
+ will make friends in nursery and will have the same friends in reception
- do you need wrap around care and will you manage childcare in school holidays?
- how does your little girl respond to change, will she be okay moving settings?

A preschool or school nursery doesn’t necessarily prepare children any better for school than a private nursery. As above, they are both almost certainly using the same EYFS guidance and curriculum. There is very little to be gained by moving to a school nursery for one year- unless your current provision isn’t adequate, or you/your daughter aren’t happy. If she’s settled, I would leave her be. Every private nursery can do exactly the same provision, structure, routines and teaching of a school nursery.
As a reception teacher for a looong time, I never felt that children coming from school nurseries/pre schools had an easier transition, were any smarter, more ready for school etc.
All about the individual child and the individual opportunities at the settings they came from. Not a one size fits all.

I think I would have more heavily considered moving our daughter to a pre-reception if she was born earlier in the school year. Ie, a September baby. But she’ll only be a little over 4 years old when she starts reception.

Thank you everyone i have decided to keep her where she is until next September and she can start with her sister. Don't know about anyone else but these kind of decisions take it out of you. Or I'm probs just being a drama queen! Xx