We went through this too, with three kids dh working and me running around after all of them with lots of appointments and swimming I found it easier to do kinder at daycare for dd1. It cost a lot more but it worked ok for us although at the end of the year the centre had staffing issues which did impact dd, that could happen anywhere though. We also found she was very anxious about school as she had been at the same place for 4 years. This year with dd1 at school I have been able to send dd2 to a community based kinder but I am forever dropping one of the kids off somewhere so its been exhausting will be glad when this year is over. I think if you can find a daycare centre with good staff you can make it work. Especially as they are all having to provide the same programs as the community based kinders now.