We have 3 kids, school years 5, 8 and 10.
The oldest two are at a private school, but went to a state school for primary. The youngest is at a state primary now, and we were intending to send her to the private school for secondary education like her siblings.
My wife has lost her job due to Covid, and my business has been crippled by it. I’m hoping I can get it back on track in the future, but at the moment things are financially awful. Even when they were good it was a real strain paying for two sets of private school fees, and I’ll probably take a couple of years to have a chance of getting back to that level.
We need to keep our eldest at the private school as she is mid GCSE. The state school doesn’t even follow the same syllabus or use the same exam boards.
Would it be unreasonable to take our middle child out of private school and send him to the local state secondary (Ofsted says it is “Good”)? Or will he get eaten alive transitioning from private to state at that age? He is a bit of a geeky kid, likes computers and hates sport. He is very bright (would probably get all 7s, 8s and 9s at GCSE at the private school).
I’m feeling really guilty at the thought of taking him out.
We originally sent my eldest to the private school as she fell in with a really nasty crowd at the state school.
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SkoolRules · 28/06/2020 19:41
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Am I being unreasonable?
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RivetingRushes ·
28/06/2020 20:15
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