If you have a background in teaching and love children, you may be thinking of starting your own nursery school. Before you just jump in, there are some things to consider first.
For one thing, we do mention having a background in teaching because a nursery school is supposed to be different than a daycare facility.
Parents typically expect the activities at a nursery school to be a bit more structured and to accomplish some learning for their child while he or she is there.
While a daycare centre may allow children to simply play freely for the most part and may offer some reading or other activities, a nursery school should have a very focused list of activities for the children so that they are actually learning some basic concepts when it comes to maths, science, reading, and so on.
Obviously it's important to comply with all legal requirements, so you need to be sure you understand exactly what is required of you to legally run your facility.
How many children are you allowed to have in ratio to the adults? How many need to know basic first aid? The list of requirements might be extensive, so contact your local council and ask about how you can find out the exact requirements for you to run a nursery school.
You may need a substantial amount of money as an initial investment. Parents expect their nursery school to provide toys, teaching aids, materials for artwork, and some even provide lunches and snacks as well.
You will also need to hire some staff, have someone clean the classrooms on a regular basis, and so on. It's not a cheap business to start!
Of course once you do start a nursery school you'll need customers. It helps if you have a customer base even before you open up, so you may need to consult with a marketing company on how to make marketing materials, construct a website, and so on.
You can do this on your own but it is a lot of work to get going, and if you don't have a background in marketing it can be difficult to actually sell your service no matter what you're offering your customers.
Starting and running a nursery school can be a difficult endeavor but a few years down the road when you're successful, you'll see that it was definitely worth it!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
For one thing, we do mention having a background in teaching because a nursery school is supposed to be different than a daycare facility.
Parents typically expect the activities at a nursery school to be a bit more structured and to accomplish some learning for their child while he or she is there.
While a daycare centre may allow children to simply play freely for the most part and may offer some reading or other activities, a nursery school should have a very focused list of activities for the children so that they are actually learning some basic concepts when it comes to maths, science, reading, and so on.
Obviously it's important to comply with all legal requirements, so you need to be sure you understand exactly what is required of you to legally run your facility.
How many children are you allowed to have in ratio to the adults? How many need to know basic first aid? The list of requirements might be extensive, so contact your local council and ask about how you can find out the exact requirements for you to run a nursery school.
You may need a substantial amount of money as an initial investment. Parents expect their nursery school to provide toys, teaching aids, materials for artwork, and some even provide lunches and snacks as well.
You will also need to hire some staff, have someone clean the classrooms on a regular basis, and so on. It's not a cheap business to start!
Of course once you do start a nursery school you'll need customers. It helps if you have a customer base even before you open up, so you may need to consult with a marketing company on how to make marketing materials, construct a website, and so on.
You can do this on your own but it is a lot of work to get going, and if you don't have a background in marketing it can be difficult to actually sell your service no matter what you're offering your customers.
Starting and running a nursery school can be a difficult endeavor but a few years down the road when you're successful, you'll see that it was definitely worth it!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sarah Clark is a freelance author. Her work appears on many websites, including Click Nursery Schools (http://www.clicknurseryschools.co.uk/) which has detailed information on hundreds of UK nursery schools and kindergartens.
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