04/11/2026
The ONE piece of advice I'd give to those of you looking round schools or nurseries right now?👇 (see photo)
I'd also be wary of -
Schools that will only let you visit outside of class times. What have they got to hide?
If it's a staffing issue, they can be flexible how the day is managed, but for goodness sake, a school is not a school without the children in it!
2. Schools where children are robitic performers trained to say the same thing to each adult!
I don't mean when children showing parents round (love this!) I mean when they are 100% reading off a script and have diligently rehearsed what they will say. Look for personality, sharing snippets of what school life is ACTUALLY like, not what they've been trained to say!
3. There is poor communication organising the visit.
If it's poor before your child starts, it will only get worse! Effective communication in school is absolutely everything!