Do kids learn more in nursery or childminders ? Debating where to put my child 😭

Depends on the nursery and the childminder 😅 childminders give more attention but nurseries have more people to do stuff. You can get childminders who work together with 2 or 3 in a setting but yeah you just really judge it on just a childminder or a nursery. Every setting will be slightly different, all you can do is view both and see what you click with

Don’t think it’s massively different? Assuming your childminder is following early years progress plans like nurseries have to. As Natalie says you’ll have to go off vibes really, see how they approach the things you care most about and go from there. The only thing about childminders is they’ve got no back up so holidays and sickness should be considered x

It really depends on the setting and nature of your child. We’ve used both and didn’t notice much difference/found the nursery less attentive to our individual needs as well as much more expensive, so moved just to childminder for a few years. Now we’ve moved him mostly to a preschool and that has been amazing for development in the prep for school, and we can see huge changes compared to the childminder. It so depends on what nursery or childminder you’re considering though and agree it’s best to visit them to get a feel for what fits you and your child. Good luck with the decision!

Never sent my child to a nursery so can’t say much on that front but she’s been going to a childminder 3 days a week for almost a year now and she’s learned so much with her education and her fine motor skills but her child minder is brilliant