Community Posts, Tips & Support on Childcare & Education

Does anyone have recommendations for a babysitter?

I'm really confused. My LO is entitled to 15 hours free childcare a week and is due to start nursery next week. I've just received an email from the nursery explaining that they can't use the free 15 hours until next term in January. It doesn't sound right to me. Is this true or has this happened to anyone else? If...

What's everyone's thoughts on the primary schools in Borehamwood, such as Meryfield, Summerswood, St Theresa's etc.? Looking at schools for our daughter next year.

not only to abolish the DOE, but not teach history the same way & bring PRAYER back to schools.

Anybody else devastated that their child will be leaving the house soon? My oldest is 16 and I’m not ready for her to grow up.

We just bought a new house and will get the key next month. We do not have any family nearby so we need to find a baby sitter / day care who can take our then 6 month old for just one day so we can move everything. Can anyone recommend one?

I was thinking about starting to work again I’m currently on universal credit so if I start working part time how does childcare care work? How much can I earn part time before they won’t cover my rent costs? Tia

Haven’t worked in almost 4 years. Car not fully reliable and ongoing issues. No childcare with preschooler with no help currently. What would your advice or action be?

Does anyone else use an app to track their child's development? I have been using wonder weeks but this only goes up to leap 10. Can anyone recommend another good one? Thank you :)

Has anyone had their kids attend coral academy? How was it? We got accepted but want to make sure it’s a good school.

I’ll be honest, this is a very pointless post. I can’t help but wonder though, is anyone else extremely frustrated with childcare fees? Ours are over £1000 a month. Due to limited spaces around us, we can’t change and I am happy with the care my little girl receives. However, the fees just diminish our monthly funds...

Recently seperated and pregnant, i just wanted to know if the baby’s dad should help with getting things for the baby before their born, as i won’t get child maintanance till the baby is here in March next year, but as a single mum to a toddler and needing things for the baby, it gets wuite £££

My LO is 12 weeks old and I've had a call from work today asking me to go in next week for a chat about returning to work and what that will look like. I'm aiming to go back in April when LO is 9 months but I won't qualify for the 15hours until September... im starting my research now... how do people manage childca...

I’m thinking of getting my little girl a dolls house for Christmas. Does anyone have any recommendations please?!

I've finally finished painting my baby's nursery! I have pegs on the wall too so that I can add photos of baby, so that will fill more of the space. I'm so proud of it and it has taken me weeks as it's all hand painted (except the birds).

Im trying to put together a book advent calendar for my 1 year old. where can i find books for cheap?

I’ve just applied for my code and it says I’m eligible for hours for 38 weeks of the year. Can someone please explain how this works? I’m finding it so confusing!

Hi Ladies ! My little one is my first one and I totally don’t know anything about funded hours and nursery etc. I know to get hours you need to work then I will look for job and I wanted send my little one to childminder but I just don’t know how to work this out. First find childminder then job and apply for ho...

My husband and I bring in 5000k a month. We have 3 children under four. Our child care is 2k a month, our mortgage is 2k a month, our food is 600 a month. And the rest goes to bills. We are literally living paycheck to paycheck. How do yall survive the cost of childcare?! We make too much for help but not enough to ...

So my 5 year old is in pre k and he has not been listening in school these 2 wks I tried to see what’s going on and he still not listening maybe I should just homeschool him does anyone have information to homeschool??I will continue to pray about it but does anyone have this problem it’s so embarrassing that my chi...