Twins in different secondary schools?

I have twins ( admittedly B/G) , but I have put them in different secondary school due to different interests and academic levels and it is working brilliantly. I am very glad that I was able to match schools to their different interests and they are both very happy. Separate school events ( and parents evenings ) are actually a blessing as I feel that I can actually concentrate on each child as an individual. No clashes so far either though the schools are fairly close distance wise to each other. Ds has a 30 min journey door to door on a school bus and Dd is a further 5/ 10 mins away. It is certainly doable and when I mentioned moving nearer they were aghast as they value their time on the bus either hanging out with friends, listening to music or simply staring out the window. I think they actually value this as downtime in otherwise very busy days. They have both taken to their separate schools like ducks to water and I feel very happy with how it has all worked out, though I must admit I did wonder at times if I was making life unnecessarily complicated !
Good luck

My eldest is at a grammar school and she has a couple of friends there whose twins didn't get in and go elsewhere. Didn't seem to be a problem.

My kids are at 3 different secondaries - that's not a problem either. If they're in the same authorities they are likely (but not guaranteed!) to have the same inset days. Have never had any clashes of anything I actually wanted to go to. Doing a parents evening for twins at one school sounds like a nightmare, you'd be there for hours!

45 minutes - maybe not ideal, but my daughter's is an hour (walk or bus, then bus, then short walk), and lots of my children's friends have journeys of at least 45 minutes and seem to manage fine. Although I would check that your timings and changes are reliable.

As a twin, I would loved to have gone to a different school to her. I had to wait till college before we emerged from each others shadow.
Practically speaking, the 45 min journey would put me off that school.

I have three children in three different schools. It's fine.

I also know twin girls at different secondary schools. The girls chose their respective schools, and as the parents were happy with both schools, they let the girls have their wishes. This works very well for their family.

I am, in fact, always amazed at people who want all their DC at the same school, for their own convenience. Surely it's better to choose the right school for each individual?

Oh, and a 45 minute trip to school is really nothing. If she travels on the train, it's likely she will have friends seperate to her usual school friends on the train. DD1 has gone to parties and oherwised socialised with her "train friends". She loves the train!

I know a lot of twins who had different journeys due to being mixed set twins. Having two children at different secondary schools is totally doable if they use school or public transport (or can walk).

The concerning part is the 45 minute trip. It is certainly manageable but far from ideal. Particularly if she will be there for seven years. Has she realised that she will lose an hour and a half every school day? That's around 280 hours each year!

So you can do it, but she might not like the journey. Would she be able to transfer in year 8 or 9 or is the catchment school oversubscribed all the way through?

Anyway, fate may decide for you if they do not both get places.

Please tell DD2 from my DD2 that by 1/2 term she will be fucked off with the journey and want to go to your catchment school. Our bus takes an hour (car takes 15 minutes, penny pinching bus provision)

Also bus plus train sounds a recipe for disaster unless you have way better trains than I used to suffer from.

I have three children in different schools, one high school, one primary and one special. Its a nightmare!

If there are two parents that can attend then maybe workable but I struggle when the schools have events on the same day. Last year the Christmas play for all three schools was the same day with two being the same time!

I would try and get them in the same school personally, I obviously have no choice but the one in primary will definitely be going to the same high so I only have 2 schools then. Mine are in the same town at least and the special school provides transport.