Free nursery entitlement

Think i may have misunderstood the post but why is it such a problem that your Daughter has to look after her Daughter ?

Please come back update would like to see how this works out for her.
Think LEA will be eager to help if she has a confirmed SPD diagnosis

The nursery have only stated that all pre-schoolers finish officially on 21st July, so contacting the LEA is probably a good idea. Thank you.

Perhaps your daughter could ask nursery to explain again and then if necessary contact LEA herself

Our GS was just under 4.5 when he started school in September. He had gone to pre-school nursery for a couple of years before that. The nursery shut for the holidays and he finished there on 21st July. He is a bright and lively little chap who really enjoyed his time off during the summer holidays and wasn't at all confused. He is doing very well at school now. Is the problem that your DD hadn't realised that there are such things as school holidays?

I had to!

The nursery is open all year round, and only closes at weekends and Bank Holidays.

You are right, it does start from September.
Will have to 'break out' a calculator!

She attends for 11 hours each week - so that's 11 times 52, which equals 572 hours, less bank holidays. Other kids attend for 15 hours a week, 38 weeks of the year. Again, this equates to 570 hours.

I think the funding from the LEA only applies in term time. My D who is the manager of a pre school sometimes has to close for the summer holidays earlier than the schools as there is a cut off point for the funding. Must admit I don't know if this applies in nurseries.

The free entitlement runs from last month, so should take her through to 31st August.
Also, the little girl has Sensory Processing Disorder (which I'd not heard of) and can be very demanding - more so than the average 3 year old would be. Nursery have been very supportive in dealing with this issue, I have to say.

But as I said she will have used all of her free hours if she attends out of term time

will have

She can stay if my daughter coughs up £88 a week for the 6 'extra' weeks. But Mum is a single parent, so that's rather a lot to find. I help out financially already by funding four extra hours a week (and an extra lunch)....

The free entitlement is 570 hours so I'm guessing she will used that by July

Maybe your DD can just enjoy those 6 weeks as precious time before she goes to school till she is 18.

Will they 'keep' her if she pays for her place?