We live in an area with a 3-tier school system. Ds3 is in Y6, so halfway through his middle school. His school has been going downhill for a while but just got Inadequate from Ofsted. He is a bright, enthusiastic boy, but is being picked on and starting to lose his confidence, and he is not being challenged. Two more years there will be soul destroying. There are no other schools in the area.
I think we have 3 options - 1) home school, but I would have to give up work and I am not confident that I could give him what he needs, 2) move whole family, but I have elderly parents close by, and older siblings would then be affected, 3) dh and ds3 move away to a town 40 miles away with a decent school - near dh’s office. Rent a flat and they come ‘home’ at the weekends. Is this even possible?
What would you do?