Hello all.
We moved school for my 14yo last September (2020) because during Covid we were flat out working for the NHS and we were really unhappy that the school seemed to be making no effort to try to continue educating them. We watched DD become de-motivated, sad, unwilling to learn when previously he’d strived to get top marks.
Add lashings of parental guilt and a bit of spare cash and we moved him to a local private school. DD already knew kids there from sport teams so we thought the transition would be eased.
2 terms in and the most common topic of conversation with DD is asking when he can go back. He found the standards much higher in the new school and talks about the teaching style being not as good.
We try to point out the positives - he has 2 groups of friends. We work hard to make sure he meets both/gets lifts etc.
But his POV is that his marks aren’t as good, he’s in the mid-bottom steps and he is remembering the old school as some perfect place that he loved every minute of.
It feels awful having this conversation all the time but he’s just chosen his GCSEs and I feel we can’t compound a difficult decision by going back. But that’s me with my adult perspective....
I’d be really grateful for some pros and cons and how to manage this. Thanks everyone.
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Y9 really happy with school move. Advice please
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smithypants · 18/04/2021 14:30
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