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Moving school at beginning of Y10

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christinarossetti19 · 07/09/2021 17:31

First day back today, another child's bullying of my dd has continued from Y9.

Dd very upset and, based on experiences last year, sadly don't have faith in the school to actually do something about it.

Having spent the summer counselling dd to give Y10 a go, it looks like moving schools is going to be the only option.

Dd wants to move to feel safer, but there's a GCSE that she's doing that she can only do at her current school and she has friends there.

Has anyone else moved their child successfully in Y10? I feel very angry and upset she's the one who has to face the disruption, but she's agreeable that if the school aren't going to take action, we will have to.

OP posts:
Yodelayhehoo · 07/09/2021 20:05

If you have no trust in the school then yes I'd move her

OmgIcantbelieveshedidit · 07/09/2021 20:03

Move her now.

Silkiescatz · 07/09/2021 20:03

I moved my DD in y10 as she was very unhappy at her school, was obviously very worried about a move academically but we couldn't find a solution with the school. I looked at the other schools and what did what subject and compared syllabuses, DD was taking 11 which gave us more flexibility as she only needs 9 and I found one with all her options and very similar syllabus. One had been taught in reverse order and one was at a lower level (GCSE rather than level 3) and few topics taught in different order in science. English was very similar and same texts pretty much.

So I contacted school and explained what we needed and asked if it was viable and said she was in top sets and the school came back saying she could do all her subjects and be in their top sets. So we went for it and she is much happier, made friends in the three weeks before the end of year 10 from the move.

I don't know what effect it will have academically - she has also increased to 12 as she signed herself up to 2 extra GCSEs. So far she has only done one of their exams and got a 9+ and one assessment and she got 11/12. She did catch up the subject in reverse order over the summer and so now there's the new subject to catch up and a few bits and pieces but new subject can potentially be dropped.

But the main thing is she is gone from being depressed and stuck in her room, to meeting friends most days, exercising daily and enjoying school. New school have been great. I would investigate it.

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