My child is in year 5 currently and I’m thinking of taking her out of her all through school which is rare as everyone stays. I have my reasons but don’t want to go into them. The thing is she has made friends last year with a lovely girl and they’re very close so her best friend basically. I don’t know whether to mention to the girls mum or just wait till we have decided.
One option is a grammar school which is very unlikely she will get in as it’s very competitive so it’s no point even saying we trying but we will get her to do the test but as I said very unlikely. The other option is the local secondary school near us which we are in the catchment area for.
I don’t know what to do. She’s currently in a private school and we intended to stay till at least GCSE’s but for reasons I rather not get into it looks unlikely we can.
am I overthinking? Shall I just see what happens. We have a whole year at least to make a decision. But I can’t help feeling I’m maybe being a little “sneaky” If that’s the correct word by not telling the mum of my DD’s best friend. I’m just feeling sad for her as they are close but on the other hand if I do tell them we might be leaving she might encourage her DD to invest in other friendships. So sorry if I’m sounding like I’m overthinking it’s just taken a while for my daughter to find her little group of friends along with this best friend. It used to break my heart that she would talk about class parties she’s not been invited to and play dates she’s not been invited to. I feel she’s finally fitting in. But truthfully we can’t afford the secondary school fees it’s too much of a jump especially now with added VAT. I know people hate private schools but could someone please advise me the same if I had not mentioned the private aspect.