Hi my daughter's about to start her GCSE year next year (Y10) and we've heard that her best friend (in all the same sets as her) is leaving to go to another school 'that's more academic' ... quite a shock as we really thought this other girl would stay through till sixth form ... she's now been going round telling DD that she's going to a school with 'bright children' ... which has upset her not surprisingly (and me!!). This other school really is (results wise) on a par with her current school - gets good results but it's not top league ... reading between the lines I think this friend tried for a really academic school and wasn't accepted but did get into this second choice :) I guess we're feeling quite unsettled by it all ... I'm not about to move my daughter as she changed school a lot when she was in juniors but it still has made me question my choice of sending her there originally ... have to say I've been impressed by my daughter's progress and growth in confidence and she's happy and working fairly hard generally ... I've liked a lot of the teachers when I've met them at parents' evenings and the one or two problems I've had through her years at the school have been efficiently sorted ...
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