Hi alex_b Thank you for your input. Hoping to make it work but believe will be a bit of a struggle! alex_b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think most full-time working parents (including > us) use a childminder, au pair or nanny to do > pickups. > > Afterschool clubs tend to be restricted to > reception and above, even then some discourage it > for reception as they feel it makes the day too > long for them. Similarly Holidays are a real pain > as we never found holiday clubs that took under 4s > and even now our son is in reception the choice is > fairly limited compared to what's available for > older kids. > > On the other hand, our son developed so much more > in a part time nursery class in a school than he > did in a full day commercial nursery so if you can > make it work it's really worthwhile.