Is it a bad idea to move my year 5 boy to another school further down the road? Will this mess up year 6, will I damage his school career - or could we minimise potential risks?
He is very able academically and a talented sportsman in a number of sports. But he can be cocky and a class clown. If not cognitively challenged and exercised (for an hour a day) he can be very hard work...so no angel. He's also hard working, responsible and reliable beyond his years, shows deep empathy with those less fortunate and very and caring.
His class teacher has had a lot of time off. So there's been a lot of half days with just the class TA (who finds DS too challenging) and many many days with supply teachers (typically secondary supply). Staff say they take DS out and put him into year 6 as he's too much for the TA. DS's view is that the supply teachers seem to give him a hard time from the outset (perhaps warned by the TA). I'm concerned about the many tearful exits from school, the physical bullying from year 6s (he's less resilient about this when he's been told off lots from TA and supply teachers).
DS was really keen to go for head boy, secondary scholarships, school teams etc but is now less motivated and feels he has lost any chances of these as he is seen in a certain light. I don't think the school are being unfair necessarily, but we are concerned about the impact of lots of supply teachers and this TA on DS's sense of inclusion, feeling valued, feeling he can contribute.
There's an excellent school nearby with a place, it feeds into DD's secondary school so DS would have time to make new friends who will definitely go there. It takes sports much more seriously and competitively. Almost all DS's friends will go to other schools.
I don't want to be indulgent - and there are home consequences for any disrespect at school or home. But there are a number of things that make me wonder whether I should just move him. He is happy to visit the other school and see. WWYD? Thanks
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Mapless · 12/06/2016 17:38
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