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Hi all. Basically: My little girl has just started nursery. My ex literally only tells me that she is " fine " in regards to nursery. I'm on her birth certificate. I see her once a week on a Sunday. What are my exact rights in nursery/school/education. But mainly for nursery for now?
As you have Parental Responsibility then you do have the right to be kept informed of your child's progress at nursery/school. Maybe you should talk to your ex about being included on the contact list at nursery. If she refuses then try and explain that you do have the right to be involved.
You could try calling the nursery and explaining your position as the child's father, they may refuse to discuss with you without the mothers permission though. Tell thence that you have Parental responsibility and as such have the right to be kept updated. They may want proof of this and you could show them a copy of the birth certificate.
There's a template letter on the forum, I'll look for it and post a link here.
Thankyou Mojo, if you could post the link that would be much appreciated.
Could you post the link Mojo? Thankyou.
Hi stuu
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, here's a couple of links, one for preschool and the other that covers school,health and clubs.
www.separateddads.co.uk/requesting-information-about-your-preschool-child-template.html
www.separateddads.co.uk/letter-templates-for-school-health-club-activities.html
Hey All,
Ok I notice that this post was three months ago, however I was in same boat.
I rocked up to nursery (with appt) along with a court order and the .gov webpage printed and said to them I wanted full access as they did not really want to. I got most of what I wanted, the rest i'm tackling with their HR dept.
Point is, I'm on birth cert and it seems that some nurseries and gp's have not got a clue about P.R.i had to fight to get gp and nursery records. GP and nursery not happy as they were used to mum only and no dad!!!
Go for it,,, you have PR, nothing will stop you from knowing how well hour child is doing.
I hope its going / gone well for you.
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