At the moment she's at a private primary school.
The local state primary in my village is within walking distance.. it has an ofsted ' good ' rating.
The class size is of course 30 children per class. In DDs private primary, there are 15 children per class.
We made the decision to send her to private school because we thought she'd massively benefit from smaller class size and will enjoy better facilities.
But it's such a stress to send her there, mainly because it's 30 minutes away due to traffic really. I leave the house before 8 and I'm not back until after 9 in the mornings and the same in the evenings. It's absolutely exhausting.
I have recently started a job working from the office and getting back to pick her up is very stressful. My every day is massively stressful. I pay someone to drop her off on the mornings I go to work in the office but I do all the pickups.
It's just a huge stress but she's really thriving and loves her school so much. This is not even considering the huge financial burden it is on us to send her there.
I just keep going past the local primary school and thinking, is this going to be something I look back on and regret ? It's such a huge stress on us. I hope it will be worth it.
She goes to one of the through schools and we chose it for that reason, so she can stay on for secondary school more easily.
Are any parents in similar positions or have been in similar positions ? We really are just trying to do the best for her, no matter what the sacrifice. Like all parents are.